The Dodgers will remove third baseman Justin Turner from the team’s roster for their ongoing NLCS against the Braves, manager Dave Roberts told reporters (including Juan Toribio of MLB.com). Turner suffered a hamstring injury in last night’s contest that’ll prove to be a season-ending issue. To replace him on the postseason roster, Los Angeles will select the contract of utilityman Andy Burns.
Injured players can be removed from a playoff roster mid-series with approval from the Commissioner’s Office. There’s not yet been any formal announcement, although there’s no reason to believe the Dodgers’ request to remove Turner won’t be granted. Doing so renders the injured player ineligible to return for the remainder of the current series and the following series, should the team advance. So even if the Dodgers erase their 3-1 deficit against Atlanta to advance to the World Series, Turner cannot return this year.
Even before the injury, it was a difficult postseason for Turner, who reached base in just six of his 38 playoff plate appearances. He offered the kind of consistently strong performance we’ve come to expect from the 36-year-old in the regular season, hitting .278/.361/.471 with 27 home runs over 612 plate appearances.
Burns briefly appeared on the active roster, getting into nine games in June. The right-handed hitter posted a .232/.361/.412 line with six homers and ten stolen bases over 216 plate appearances with Triple-A Oklahoma City during the regular season. He covered each of first, second and third base as well as both corner outfield spots. Roberts could deploy Burns as a late-game defensive sub at a few different positions or use him as a pinch runner off the bench.
No more Justin Turner. That’s what happens when you sign geezers to multi-year contracts. They get injured when it matters most. The Dodgers chances have all but disappeared and are fading even more very fast.
A geezer who hit 27 hrs, 87 rbi, ba .278, & had a 3.7 war.
Give me 8 geezers in my lineup like that & I’ll beat most teams.
Dodgers are fading, but that’s because of what AA did at the trade dead line. Wonder who they will keep next year when Acuna is back?
AA did good but really the dodgers are fading because they blew their wad to beat the giants, overextended pitching.
I disagree the dodgers are fading because of their pitching management. Starting relief pitchers and using starters as relief pitchers the magic can only last so long on that situation.
If this post season the dodgers would have left there starters starting and bullpen like they did during the regular season they would probably be facing a different series. Starting pitchers have a routine they go through on game day most are out place coming in middle of games.
Plus their big free agent signing is a sex creep.
Roberts’ use of pitchers is baffling. Urias’ stats bear this out.
I will stick to my opinion: Roberts is not a very good manager. Won last year, but the players won in spite of him; many good players on his teams over the years, and a gm that will go buy any player they want. Still, only one ws title, and that in the pandemic year.
mister guy, you may be right, but adding;
Soler
Rosario
Pederson
Duvall
That will over extend any pitching staff.
The Braves are VERY hot right now. They are the team to beat.
He’s never a real manager, like the ones from before the Moneyball era. Everything he does is based on whatever a computer is telling him to no, he doesn’t use his eyes to evaluate what’s happening right in front of him
They won last year because of the shortened season of 60 games and should have the biggest ************* posted next to there World Series title.
They are the biggest cry babies and whiners, That’s the Dodger way !!
Bauer is a creep but Marcel Ozuna is pretty bad too!
Dodgers up 11-2!
I would like them to pick up the option on Duvall And resign Rosario and maybe one of the other two if they didn’t mind sittimg the bench. What do you think?
I like it. Pederson was the weakest link until he got into championship play. The guy is a step above others when it really counts.
All I want for Xmas is all 4 of these guys.
I think prob Rosario, Duvall, Acuna and Joc.
A month ago I would have said Soler over Rosario, but I think he played himself into a contract, 2-3 years worth while Pache and Waters finish development.
This assumes no DH position available in NL.
Yeah the Mets sure “dodged” a bullet when they let JT go. LOL
Geez, the mets fans on this site are really very young or very stupid.
The Mets. Lmao. Even your own ball players do not like you fans.
Most of the Mets’ players like their fans and most Mets’ fans are smarter than the Mets’ fans who post on this blog.
Go outside Kid, your wasting your youth
*you’re
Had he been wearing a mask he would have been much safer.
Like Robin Hood? Foiled again! And Andrew Chafin is a free agent.
“Excellent, Smithers!”
Poetic justice for the player who ran onto the field after testing positive for Covid.
So, vengeance on such people? Are you the kind of person who cheers when someone of another political affiliation dies?
Yelling “good!” when players get injured is not very becoming, at least where I grew up.
I am not vengeful and certainly would never cheer when someone gets sick or, God forbid, dies. I am simply pointing out the irony involved. If the term “poetic justice” bothers you, feel free to substitute the word “ironic”.
I believe there should be some sort of penalty for people who misuse the concept of irony.
I went out on a few dates with this girl. One day when we were out for lunch we found out Bush Sr died. I said “That’s sad” & her reply was “Is it though?” While I consider myself a moderate, that was our last date. I’m never understand that mindset.
but how is it sad?
rich old guy died, so what?
and besides, if you types really think heaven is real and wonderful, shouldn’t you be glad he’s there instead of suffering pain on earth? (unless of course, like most born agains, you realize it’s all a con, but you’re too far invested to bail).
if anything, she probably dodged a bullet.
Still not over it @Dunsel?
Seems like that would get tiring. I admire your fortitude when it comes to holding a grudge against a dude you never met though.
That’s notable, uh?
No grudge at all. I am simply pointing out the irony. Please see my response above.
Fair enough, @Dunsel.
Thanks for circling back to me.
It just struck me as vindictive. & maybe some reveling in the misfortunes of others. Perhaps that’s on me.
I’ll buy your explanation though & happily move along.
I saw your comment as irony not wishing him ill will.
Captain Dunsel – an idiot in search of a village.
If it makes you feel better or more important to insult people, I won’t try to stop you. I forgive you without your asking.
You deserve to be insulted. You know what you did, and you are a schmuck because of it. There are enough trolls here Dunce.
Actually you are more rude because you are insulting him based on his opinion. JT is a public figure and I think it is OK to say he is a really good player who on a single day did something really stupid and should have been punished for it. But I would not want to see anyone get an injury for that lapse of judgment, so I join you in disagreeing with the Captain’s opinion. But I prefer to do so without an ad hominem attack. I would have liked to see JT own it better, say apologize, take a seat on Opening Day, and do some public service announcements urging people to wear a mask and to get vaccinated.
fox471 — a bundle of sticks doused in gas looking for a light.
geez, and you types have the nerve to call anyone not buying into your death cult horrible people?
What brand of tool are you? I’m gonna guess Craftsmen, just a red pile of crap.
Please see my above comments; I meant nothing more than pointing out the irony. I have always been willing to engage in intelligent discussion (peppered with cringe-worthy puns) with anyone whether they agree with me or not. Your comment makes me mourn the death of political discourse in this country. If one cannot express his views cogently to those with whom he disagrees, perhaps he doesn’t understand or respect those views in the first place.
We know you meant. You can try and sound smart now, but calling a player getting injured poetic justice because of what Turner did last year, is a troll comment. Political discourse? Who you kidding LOL
The injury isn’t the poetic justice. His unavailability when he put his teammates’ health in jeopardy is. He was so focused on joining them when it would have been better to stay away, and now when they need him he cannot help his team. That’s the irony and poetic justice. I would never wish an injury on anyone, but once it happens it can be put in context. My political reference was to vtncsc’s “red pile of crap” remark.
Hey what Turner did was asinine and blatantly irresponsible, call it what it was
You do realize Turner had been around his teammates for days and weeks before he tested positive, right? He started the game! Was in the dugout. If any damage was going to be done, it was done already. He had zero symptoms. Oh and NO ONE got sick. Zero harm in him joining his teammates to celebrate at that point. Asinine and blatantly irresponsible is a bit much.
Yeah not like everyone he was around for that picture he had been around maskless for the last 3 weeks+
JT is a role model like it or not. I could see him coming out and saying go ahead and fine me, but wearing a mask is simple and easy to do.
Maybe the Braves were ill tonight, because it looks like they got a CT scan!
Captain, maybe you misunderstood the earlier comment, Craftsmen tools are red, they used to be Sears now they are Black and Decker made in China or Taiwan. Democrats are blue, Republicans are red, and vaccines and masks are good for everyone. JT messed up last year, I agree, and he deserved a 5 or 6 game suspension to make a point, but it is time to let it go.
Enough out of you Duncel
funny, i’d guess Q in your case (useless, dull, and prone to thinking horse paste cures viruses).
It’s ironic that he didn’t wear a mask to guard others from a cough which resulted in nobody around him getting sick and then a year later he injury his hamstring? Sure, why not?
It is ironic that you posted the same thing twice, once 8 hours ago and once 3 hours ago.
I would have been all for suspending JT for 5 or 6 games at the start of the year due to his coming on the field without even a mask after testing positive last year. At his age, he needs the rest anyway,
But it is time for you to let it go.
You have given yourself the title of Captin Dumba$$? Cool.
Dodgers are feeling the Burn…s.
“Are they saying Boo? Or Boo-urns??”
As someone who uses that joke frequently with family, thank you very much.
With five home runs, I think that they are saying boo-yah!
They’re saying let’s go Andy..
Letting Kike leave was the serious error they made last offseason. May, Kershaw and Bauer injuries/conduct are also a huge reason for the present situation but they lost the incredible depth they’ve had for the past few years.
Justin Turner has been a consistently clutch batter and defender over his successful career in baseball, even back to his college days as a Titan. Thank you, silly Mets, for letting him go.
NLCS, game 7, 4th inning, Game 7: ATL is up 3-2 with two runners on. JT’s double-play CHANGED that game! He leaps and tags Swanson caught in a run down and throws back to Seager covering third and tags Riley!
That leadership in clutch situations is what Justin Turner has brought to the field.
I agree with all of that, but I can also see that his body is slowing down. Hope there is a DH slot for him next year. Then we move Muncy to 3B and Belli to 1B.
Re-sign Seager as the 3B and use JT as a DH/corner infielder
The national league doesn’t have a DH.
If you had read the above a comment, you’d have noticed that this is a scenario under the assumption that one will be added next year.
The talk of moving Seager to 3B has been going on since they day he was drafted. The reality is he is likely to get his best offers from teams that plan to use him at the premium position. The Dodgers will also presumably be expecting Rios back. Likewise Bellinger’s premium position is CF, the position where he provides value even if his bat doesn’t heat up. It isn’t like the Dodgers are loaded with other CF options next year. So the regular corners are likely to be J. Turner, Muncy, and Rios.