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Effectively Wild Episode 1976: Season Preview Series: Dodgers and Cubs

Effectively Wild: A FanGraphs Baseball Podcast

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Justin Turner - Can JD Martinez Occupy That Same Sort of Veteran Professional Hitter Type Role?

Justin Turner was the longest tenure position player on the roster long as a player not named Clint Kershaw. He had been around basically for almost all of like this run of 10 straight years make the postseason so his voice meant a lot and meant a lot in the clubhouse. Freddie Freeman obviously had that sort of role in Atlanta for years and has felt a lot more comfortable than obviously J.D. Martina's. Mookie Betz has not necessarily been a guy who loves to be like the raw raw type guy but he has been in the past I know everyone sort of knows that 2020 speech he gave in spring trainingsort of about the daughters focus level.

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