Two days after closing a five-year, $80-million deal with Kenley Jansen, the Dodgers have brought the last of their three key free agents—Rich Hill (three years, $48 million) being the other—back into the fold, completing a four-year, $64 million contract with Justin Turner on Tuesday, according to ESPN’s Jim Bowden. But where the big-spending Dodgers paid a top-of-the-market price for their All-Star closer, they appear to have gotten a significant bargain on their third baseman.
The 32-year-old Turner is coming off his first full one as a regular and a middle-of-the-order threat. He set career highs in virtually every counting-stat category, tying for the Dodgers’ team lead with 27 home runs while batting .