The Dodgers didn't want Trea Turner back.... and that's okay

He said the Dodgers never made him an offer

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Trea Turner made his return to Dodger Stadium on Monday night. For the first time in a couple of years, he went to the visiting dugout instead of the home dugout.

This past offseason, Turner signed an 11-year deal with the Phillies worth $300 million. He’ll be getting paid by Philadelphia until he’s 40 years old.

Leading up to Turner’s decision, it seemed like a foregone conclusion that he’d be leaving LA and heading to the east coast somewhere. Turns out, there was a realistic possibility that he could have stayed.

The source?

Trea Turner himself.

When speaking with the media ahead of Monday’s game, Turner talked about his offseason and whether or not the Dodgers were a potential match. Turns out, they were.

“I definitely would’ve considered it, would’ve entertained it,” Turner said to the media. “I thought they would be in on me, they weren’t.”

The Dodgers, who currently don’t have a reliable shortstop, passed on one of the best in the game. Instead of making an attempt to bring him back, they let him walk. They could sure use Turner in their lineup now, couldn’t they?

LA had a chance to bring him back. They didn’t. And you know what?

That’s okay.

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