Trea Turner expected to be the Phillies’ leadoff hitter, not that it matters to him or Kyle Schwarber
did want to know. Because Schwarber fell one homer shy of tying a major-league record last year by hitting 38 of his league-leading 46 home runs from the leadoff spot, Turner has the track-star speed and base-stealing knack of a prototypical leadoff man, and manager Rob Thomson can only place one of them atop what figures to be one of baseball’s best lineups.
“I feel like it’s been a big deal since I signed,” said Turner, who partook in another voluntary spring-training workout in advance of the first full-squad gathering Tuesday. “I don’t care.”Most players say that, but Turner and Schwarber have the numbers to back it up. Schwarber has hit literally everywhere — one through nine — in his eight-year major-league career and has an identical .840 OPS in the No. 1 and No. 6 spots.
Early in his career, Turner said coaches would advise that he try to bunt more often and utilize his elite speed to beat out hits. But Turner has always viewed himself as a hard-contact hitter who could do more damage with line drives in the gaps than by legging out balls on the ground. Schwarber played with Turner for three months in 2021 before the Nationals traded them to Boston and Los Angeles, respectively. Turner led off for much of that time, but Schwarber moved to the top of the order — with Turner in the No. 2 spot — and went on a home-run binge in June.
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