Dodgers players with the most to lose from a canceled season

Dodgers with most to lose from canceled season: Justin Turner

Arguably one of the best everyday players for the Dodgers over the past decade, Justin Turner is set to enter the final season of his four-year, $64 million. From a financial standpoint, the third baseman could lose $19 million in salary this year, as his deal was back-loaded (he only earned $12 million of the contract in 2017).

While Dodger fans hope they haven’t seen the last of Turner, either because they end up playing this season and/or he re-signs a new deal in the offseason, nothing is promised. Turner will be 36-years-old next season, so Dodgers president Andrew Friedman will need to decide if it’s prudent to bring him back on another contract.

For Turner, what he risks losing if the season is canceled is a potential last chance to bring a championship to Los Angeles. Nobody has been as integral a member of the Dodgers recent string of success as Turner. The 2020 roster is perhaps the most talented since he has arrived in LA. This was supposed to be a World Series or bust season.

It would be frustrating if the local product lost perhaps his best opportunity to lead the team to the promised land after everything he has done since arriving as a relatively unknown player in 2014.