NC State Sheeeeeet strikes Trea Turner in MLB

You know that it is “NC State Shit” when an article reads — “No one in baseball has been in Turner’s position, now or ever.”

This article highlights ‘The curious case of Trea Turner’…it is such a curious case that the Washington Post is writing about it.

He is here with the Padres even though he has already been traded to the Washington Nationals, the “player to be named later” in the three-team deal that sent outfielder Steven Souza Jr. from Washington to Tampa Bay and outfielder Wil Myers from Tampa Bay to San Diego back in December. Except he won’t be named later. He has been named already. Not officially, because neither club can say as much, but it is one of the worst-kept secrets in the game.

So this is baseball purgatory, playing for one team that’s not really his. But the organization that will be his home? He knows no one.

“It’s out of my control,” Turner said.

Given the way Major League Baseball’s rules are written, this was out of everyone’s control. The only reason Turner is in Peoria, Ariz., rather than Viera, Fla., is because of an obscure mandate that prohibits the trading of draft picks until a year after they sign. A week after he became the 13th pick in the draft – June 13 – he signed for a $2.9-million bonus that has coaches and teammates with the Padres jokingly calling him “Cha-ching.” So it isn’t until June 13 of this season that he can join the Nationals.

Over the course of any baseball season, there will be trades major and minor, each helping shape an organization to varying degrees, each completely exploding the lives of the players involved. They are part of the sport, which is at base a business, and fans pay attention to how each will help or hurt their team now and in the future. They are analyzed as transactions, commodity swapping. The human fallout is a secondary consideration, if a consideration at all.

But when this deal went down Dec. 17, Turner’s agent, Jeff Berry of CAA Sports, expressed his extreme displeasure with the situation on Turner’s behalf. At the time, he told FoxSports.com, “In this case, the plan to ‘trust us’ is not enough when it comes to a player’s well-being and career,” said there would be an “undoubtedly negative impact on Trea Turner,” and added that approving the trade was “unethical.”

That was immediately after the deal went down, back when Turner tweeted, “Well this day got a whole lot more interesting …” By March, with the season ready to unfold, the rhetoric had died down. Berry declined comment on the situation – which remains odd. As Turner spoke to a reporter last week, Padres minor league coaches yelled, in good fun, “Tell him, ‘I’d rather stay with the Padres! I’ve found my home here! Get somebody else in the trade!”

“It’s not my decision,” Turner yelled back. “I’m just doing what I’m told.”

There is a LOT more about Trea and his evolution as a baseball player in the article. Definitely worth a read.

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  • #84094
    StateFans
    Keymaster

    You know that it is “NC State Shit” when an article reads — “No one in baseball has been in Turner’s position, now or ever.” This article highlights
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    #84096
    TheCOWDOG
    Moderator

    True to their word, however, the Pads have been developing him as one of their own.

    No NCSS, here. The future is bright for young Mr.Turner.

    #84100
    ncsu_kappa
    Participant

    I don’t know that much about MLB but with Strasburg and those other horses up in DC its hard not see this as an upgrade for Turner. The move sucks, not having any influence in critical decisions impacting your career SUCKS… but this may be a move for the best as long as is still on the field in DC

    #84107
    DC_wolf
    Participant

    Would rather see him playing on the Yards in the Inner Harbor @ Baltimore, but I think the Birds are pretty solid @ SS – plus, he still gets to wear the Red & White.

    #84109
    Wufpacker
    Participant

    Would rather see him playing on the Yards in the Inner Harbor @ Baltimore, but I think the Birds are pretty solid @ SS – plus, he still gets to wear the Red & White.

    Me too that, though I was already considering adding the Nats as my go to NL squeeze. Plus I do love me some JJ Hardy so…

    Don’t feel too bad for Turner. As ‘Dog pointed out, Pads are doing right by him. And $2.9M in the bank softens the blow I’m sure. With that kind of scratch he can probably sublet Francis Underwood’s row house.

    #84110
    MrPlywood
    Participant

    This just strikes me as unfortunate timing. He’ll be in DC in two months. The Nats will still be looking up at the Cards though 😉

    #84116
    highstick
    Participant

    Knights are smoking the White Sox right now…with Rodon pitching for the Knights. Up 5-1. State was in town this week and couldn’t go, but wish I’d paid attention for tonight and I would have gone to the game…

    "Whomp 'em, Up, Side the Head"!

    #84120
    highstick
    Participant

    9-1…and it’s not over…Headed to Chicago in about 10 days…Wish the Cubs were in town…Any of you have Chicago and Memphis tips? Headed to Nashville afterwards, but know my agenda there(thanks to SFN tips a few years ago).

    Maybe I will be discovered??

    "Whomp 'em, Up, Side the Head"!

    #84122
    redisgood
    Participant

    I hate it that Rodon didn’t stick with the big club. I know it wasn’t strictly a baseball decision, but it still stinks. The guy clearly earned a spot this spring. The good news is he will be back up before too long. I’m sure of that.

    #84128
    Primewolf
    Participant

    This has absolutely fu(&hi?g nothing to do with ncs s$-t. And State Fans pls don’t ever use that concept again . It is so counterproductive to our cause.

    #84130
    highstick
    Participant

    Rodon will be back very quickly. Tonight was a test and balance the pitching talent in an exhibition game. He’ll be back in a week or so.

    "Whomp 'em, Up, Side the Head"!

    #84131
    mak4dpak
    Participant

    Went to see the Pack take on #8 FSU, pitching was great, but a fielding error the first cost us a 1-0 setback, and also lost to them Thursday nite, by 1, in 3-2 game. Hopefully we find a way to close out Saturday with a victory. Ever so close, just got to get over the hump.

    #84188
    mak4dpak
    Participant

    So the baseball/softball teams finally beat FSU in their finallies. Way to go. FSU ranked 8th in baseball/softball national polls.

    #84483
    D Wolf
    Participant

    Highstick, re: Chicago, I assume you were referring to food. If you like Chicago deep dish pizza, Bella Bacino’s on Wacker Drive (about 1/2 block west of Michigan Ave) is the best anywhere for my money. Love that place. For steaks or ribs I’d go with Carson’s (corner or Wells and Ontario streets).

    I don’t know Memphis, but I’d think you’d have to go BBQ.

    Enjoy!!

    #84492
    Wufpacker
    Participant

    Heh. Wacker Drive. Sounds like where the nudie bars should be.

    At one time I frequented a bar (non-nudie, just so we’re clear) on Drinker St. in the Scr/WB area.

    #84493
    TheCOWDOG
    Moderator

    Uh…when in Scr/WB, you better be on Drunker St.

    Turner has yet to be assigned. If the Pads need to get a kid to AA, they will send him to Lake Elsinore, high A.

    …But, they gave him 2 weeks with the big club this Spring. I call that honorable.

    #84498
    highstick
    Participant

    Or is that “Whacker” Drive.. Wife is with me so I’ll have to be nice, until I get to Nashville. Last time we were there, I told her she had only two things to deal with…One was not counting how many beers I drank, and the other was she had to get herself back up the hill from Broadway because I would not be able to drag her! She did good!

    "Whomp 'em, Up, Side the Head"!

    #84500
    TheCOWDOG
    Moderator

    ^
    LOFL, ‘Stick. Damn, those hills are brutal when yer draggin’ four legs.

    #84502
    Wufpacker
    Participant

    Uh…when in Scr/WB, you better be on Drunker St.

    Dunmore, PA. A somewhat short stopover b/w NC and AZ. The ex’s hometown. ‘Nuff said.

    Took in more than a few Red Barons’ games with the 2nd coolest Yanks fan on the planet, my then next door neighbor, during the summer of ’97. Even got to the Bronx a couple times.

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