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Los Angeles Dodgers: Bold predictions for Justin Turner in 2019

By Jason Reed

ARLINGTON, TX - AUGUST 28: Justin Turner #10 of the Los Angeles Dodgers fields a ground ball hit by Jurickson Profar #19 of the Texas Rangers in the bottom of the second inning at Globe Life Park in Arlington on August 28, 2018 in Arlington, Texas. (Photo by Tom Pennington/Getty Images)
ARLINGTON, TX - AUGUST 28: Justin Turner #10 of the Los Angeles Dodgers fields a ground ball hit by Jurickson Profar #19 of the Texas Rangers in the bottom of the second inning at Globe Life Park in Arlington on August 28, 2018 in Arlington, Texas. (Photo by Tom Pennington/Getty Images) /
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3. Justin Turner will be the National League MVP

A career year for Justin Turner is going to get him the best individual hardware you can get in the MLB, an MVP trophy. Now, this is about as bold as it gets and if you read our Corey Seager piece we said that he would finish as an MVP finalist.

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We genuinely think that Turner and Seager can both finish in the top three in MVP voting with the former taking home the hardware. Heck, if Turner plays 155 games and leads the league in batting, how won’t he win the award?

His power is not all that it has been in the past as he does homer less frequent across his plate appearances. However, in 150 games, Turner should still be able to hit 22-24 home runs and drive in 100 RBIs as the team’s third hitter.

An average around .337 with 23 home runs and 97 RBIs is more than worthy of an MVP, however, we have seen players with better numbers not win the award.

However, we think the competition is not going to be that stiff in 2019. Christian Yelich is the defending MVP but will have a bit of a fallback year, although he will still be an all-star.

Aside from that, the only real MVP candidates that are on playoff contenders are Kris Bryant, Bryce Harper (assuming he stays in the NL and goes to a contender), maybe Freddie Freeman, maybe Nolan Arenado and maybe Paul Goldschmidt?

The race is wide open, there are no massive favorites like Mike Trout, Mookie Betts and Jose Altuve. Justin Turner is absolutely on the same level as all of those in the National League and can easily win the award.

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If Turner stays healthy for an entire year there is no reason to think that the Los Angeles Dodgers third baseman can’t win the National League MVP.

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