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Dodger Blue > Dodgers News > Dodgers News: ESPN Ranks Justin Turner Among Top-10 Third Basemen
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Dodgers News: ESPN Ranks Justin Turner Among Top-10 Third Basemen

Matthew Moreno
January 10, 2017
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Mlb The Show 17 Player Ratings: Dodgers’ Clayton Kershaw, Angels’ Mike Trout Among Top 10 Players At Respective Positions
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Including input from talent evaluators, ESPN’s Buster Olney ranked Los Angeles Dodgers third baseman Justin Turner the eighth-best player at his position. Turner joins Adrian Gonzalez, Kenley Jansen, Clayton Kershaw and Corey Seager as players to appear on ESPN’s position-by-position rankings.

Chicago Cubs third baseman and 2016 National League MVP Kris Bryant was ranked No. 1, followed by Baltimore’s Manny Machado, Colorado’s Nolan Arenado, Toronto’s Josh Donaldson, Texas’ Adrian Beltre, Tampa Bay’s Evan Longoria, Seattle’s Kyle Seager, then Kansas City’s Mike Moustakas and Cleveland’s Jose Ramirez after Turner.

This past season was Turner’s first as the Dodgers’ full-time third baseman. In relation to recovering from microfracture knee surgery, Turner got off to a slow start before once again proving to be a reliable right-handed bat in the lineup.

He finished the year batting .275/.339/.493 with 34 doubles, 27 home runs, 90 RBIs and a 124 OPS+ over 151 games. Turner set a career high in doubles, finished tied with Yasmani Grandal for the team lead in home runs, and tied with Adrian Gonzalez for most RBI.

Beyond producing at the plate, Turner played a stellar third base and was named a Gold Glove finalist. Although he lost out to Arenado, Turner compared favorably to most NL players at the position.

The 32-year-old led qualified NL third basemen with a 16.2 defensive rating, per FanGraphs, and his 17.2 UZR/150 led all Major League third basemen, with Beltre’s ranking second (13.2).

In addition, Turner committed just nine errors in 316 chances over 1,224.2 innings at third base this season. His .972 fielding percentage ranked seventh in the Majors among all qualified third basemen.

The Dodgers re-signed Turner to a four-year, $64 million contract in December.

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ByMatthew Moreno
Matthew Moreno is a journalist from Whittier, Calif., who is a credentialed reporter and is currently the Executive Editor of DodgerBlue.com and LakersNation.com. In addition to covering Los Angeles Dodgers and Los Angels Lakers, Matthew has a strong passion for keeping up to date with the sneakerhead culture. It began with Michael Jordan and Air Jordan shoes, and has carried over to Kobe Bryant's signature line with Nike. Matthew previously was the lead editor and digital strategist at Dodgers Nation, and the co-editor and lead writer at Reign of Troy, where he covered USC Trojans Football. Matthew graduated from California State Long Beach University with a major in journalism and minor in communications. Contact: matt@mediumlargela.com
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