File this one under: Weird Predictions. The Dodgers declined Justin Turner’s $16 million option this offseason, opting to pay a $2 million buyout instead. Both sides remain hopeful of a reunion, but right now he’s a free agent.
Over on MLB Now, host Brian Kenny talked with FanGraphs writer Ben Clemens about a handful of free agents, and while they focused mostly on the marquee names, Kenny finished by asking about Turner. In Clemens’ article predicting the contract sizes for the top 50 free agents, Clemens had JT going back to the Dodgers for one year, $14 million.