They seem to think no, but their hand may be forced
Yahoo Sports · August 27, 2026

Turner had his best month of the season in July, hitting .287 with an .897 OPS, but he has cratered in August. The Phillies shortstop entered play yesterday slashing .209/.281/.291 with 18 strikeouts in 21 games so far this month. He hasn't experienced the rising tides of the Phillies recent offensive output, as Turner is hitting .175 with a .492 OPS since the Field of Dreams game that marked the start of the Phillies' nine game winning streak that has since come to a close.
Don Mattingly was asked about Turner potentially being moved down from the second spot in the lineup before yesterday's game and downplayed the idea. From On Pattison's Tim Kelly :
"I think we all know that Trea's gonna come out of this. And when he does, it'll be hot. You see it with Schwarb. We've seen it with Harp. You see it with Arraez, had a few days there where it was not good. You just gotta hang in with guys over the course of a season. And if there's a point where it's like, 'OK, this has gotta go,' then you get there. But right now, for me, I don't know why we're gonna … it feels like panic. It feels like to guys it's panic when you start making changes like that late in the year."- Don Mattingly to On Pattison's Tim Kelly
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