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Dodgers’ Former All-Star Announces Retirement Decision After Team Exit

The post Dodgers’ Former All-Star Announces Retirement Decisicom. WASHINGTON, DC MAY 25: Justin Turner #10 of the Los Angeles Dodgers looks on during the game between the Los Angeles Dodgers and the Washington Nationals at Nationals Park on Wednesday, May 25, 2022 in Washington, District of Columbia. But that dynasty was kicked off by several players who have moved onto new teams. Of all the players on the team’s latest championship roster, only a handful, including Clayton Kershaw, Mookie Betts, Kike Hernandez, Will Smith and Max Muncy, were on the 2020 championship team. Several key players from that pandemic-shortened championship campaign have moved on to other clubs. Cody Bellinger just wrapped up a resurgent campaign with the New York Yankees. Corey Seager went on to win a World Series championship with the Texas Rangers. And Justin Turner, who led the Dodgers in slugging percentage in the 2020 World Series, has played on four different teams since then. After nine seasons with the Dodgers, which included two All-Star seasons and three years of Most Valuable Player Award votes, Turner moved on to the Boston Red Sox, then the Toronto Blue Jays, then the Seattle Mariners. This past season, the 40-year-old played for the Chicago Cubs in a harsh campaign that seemed to expose his diminished prowess at the plate. Turner slashed just . 219/. 288/. 314, lows across the board since he became an everyday MLB player in 2011, before becoming a free agent once again at the season’s end. And while exiting the Cubs after that kind of season might have pushed some players to retire,.