Justin Turner

With the long flowing red beard, Dodgers third baseman Justin Turner looks like a bat wielding Viking. He is wielding a hot bat for the Dodgers wreaking havoc over his old team the New York Mets with two doubles and his 13th homerun. With Juan Uribe's trade from the Atlanta Braves to the New York Mets, it was a roundabout trade that was two years in the making. The Dodgers signed Turner as a free agent in 2014 after the Mets non-tendered him, making him a free agent.

Justin Turner was a seventh round draft pick of the Cincinnati Reds in 2006 out of Cal State-Fullerton, was traded to the Baltimore Orioles in 2008 and Baltimore was where he made his major league debut in 2009. He was picked off the waiver wire in 2010 by the New York Mets where he played until 2013.

Turner has already reached his career high in homeruns this season and he has hit with more power and more average with the Dodgers than he did with the Mets. Turner's play this season diminished Uribe's playing time and made him expendable and Turner also has the ability to play multiple positions. I still have a hard time seeing Turner in Ron Cey's old number 10 jersey but he is wearing it with pride.