Since June 19, the Washington Nationals are slumping, unlike Trea Turner. Since then, Turner has raised his batting average 14 points.

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I remember the first time I went to a Washington Nationals game, the game was during Trea Turner’s rookie season. At every game I go, if I don’t have the team’s jersey, I buy one at the stadium. Since I was attending my first Nationals game, my ritual had to be completed. The choices were between Max Scherzer, Bryce Harper, and Trea Turner. I chose Turner and my girlfriend asked, “Why are you choosing a rookie? You never pick rookies.”

“I have heard great things about him. He’s fast, he has a plus glove, can hit for contact, and did I mention he is fast?” I quickly answered. She was skeptical, but I was pumped to have a Nationals jersey. Well, leading off that day was Trea Turner against the Colorado Rockies. I’m not sure if it was first pitch but at max, it was two pitches before Turner hit a line drive shot out into the crowd in right field. My girlfriend looked over and her jaw dropped, and I was ecstatic that I pumped him up to her and he delivered.

Since his rookie season, Trea Turner has become a mainstay in the Nationals line-up. He is normally leading off the Nationals batting order (only 76 games batting lower than lead-off compared to 206 games at lead-off), providing a lethal base runner. In 279 games as a National, Turner swiped 103 bases. The crazy thing is, Turner has not played over 100 games in a season yet. If he played an entire season, Baseball Reference has his 162 game average of stolen bases at 60. You do not see that every day.

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