Former Mariners clubhouse favorite continuing career in Mexico
Longtime MLB first baseman Justin Turner, who had an impactful brief stint with the Seattle Mariners in 2024, has signed with the Mexican League's Tijuana Toros.
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Former Seattle Mariners first baseman Justin Turner isn’t hanging up his cleats just yet, even at the age of 41.
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Turner, who spent a brief time with the Mariners in 2024, signed with the Tijuana Toros of the Mexican Baseball League on Tuesday.
Turner spent just two months of his 17-year MLB career with the Mariners after he was acquired from the Toronto Blue Jays in a trade on July 29, 2024, but he quickly became a reliable veteran voice and clubhouse leader in the Pacific Northwest.
Players and coaches both noted the sizeable impact the veteran first baseman had in helping hitters on a day-to-day basis with his unique perspective as a then-39-year-old in his 16th big league season. Even a veteran like then-33-year-old Mitch Haniger was seeking out Turner’s advice.
In 48 games with Seattle, Turner slashed .264/.363/.403 with a .766 OPS, five homers and seven doubles.
After his time in Seattle, Turner signed with the Chicago Cubs at the start of spring training in 2025. He appeared in 80 games with Chicago, hitting .219 with a .602 OPS, three homers and seven doubles.
In 17 big league seasons with Mariners, Cubs, Blue Jays, Los Angeles Dodgers, New York Mets, Baltimore Orioles and Boston Red Sox, the well-traveled Turner had a career .283 batting average, .360 on-base percentage, .454 slugging percentage and .814 OPS. He amassed 1,617 hits, 201 homers, 354 doubles and 832 RBIs.
Turner is best known for his nine-year tenure with the powerhouse Los Angeles Dodgers. He was an All-Star during the 2017 and 2021 seasons and finished in the top-15 of National League MVP voting three times while in LA.
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