By Sam Bush
If Trea Turner seems like a long-time Phillie instead of a free agency newbie, there’s a good reason.
From the moment Turner became a free agent after last season, the Phillies seemed to be an obvious landing spot.
They were positioned to win — as they did last season all the way to the World Series — and anxius to add another superstar, which Turner has become.
They had room for him at shortstop, the position he loves.
They train in Florida, where Turner’s family lives, instead of Arizona. And they had all those old Washington Nationals friends, even his former hitting coach, Kevin Long.
“Looking back, it looks like it was super obvious, like such a fit and all that,” Turner told the Washington Post.
“But going through it, I don’t know if that’s fair to say. Free agency is a lot different than people think it is, including myself. I don’t think you know who’s going to be interested in you, who will have the money, all those factors.”
