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According to some things I've read this morning on The Athletic and a few other places, there seems to be an industry belief that Turner's contract will age a bit better than some of the other monster deals because he'll remain a solid to plus defender into his later years because of his speed. Even if he can't play shortstop in the second half of the contract, he'll probably still be a plus defender in left field or at second base, so he'll have more value than guys like Pujols (2022 excluded) and Cano at the end of their deals. Of course, this assumes no serious lower body injury. If he does maintain that defensive value, if you combine that with Deja Bru's point about the later years being comparable to deferred payments for what he provides in the next 4-5 years, I think this deal has a chance to be pretty solid for the Phillies. And it pains me to say that as a Mets fan.
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