Turner is out of the lineup for Wednesday's game against the Royals.
Turner's absence from the lineup looks to be nothing more than a routine maintenance day after the 39-year-old had started in each of the Blue Jays' last nine games. Daniel Vogelbach will fill in for Turner as Toronto's designated hitter.
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Blue Jays' Justin Turner: Cracks homer in victory
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Turner went 2-for-4 with a home run and two RBI in Friday's win over the Padres.
Turner opened the game's scoring with a 404-foot solo home run off Matt Waldron in the first inning. The 39-year-old veteran tacked on another RBI in the second inning via a single. Turner has looked quite comfortable with his new team, slashing .345/.429/.569 with two homers and 11 RBI over 70 plate appearances.
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Blue Jays' Justin Turner: Three hits, three RBI in win
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Turner went 3-for-4 with a double and three RBI in Sunday's 5-0 victory over Colorado.
Turner made his mark early Sunday, notching an RBI single in the first inning. He later added an RBI double in the fourth frame before driving in another run on a base knock in the fifth inning. Turner has now recorded at least one hit in six consecutive games, batting .526 with three doubles, four RBI and three runs scored over those contests.
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Blue Jays' Justin Turner: Heads to bench Saturday
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Turner is not in Saturday's lineup against the Rockies.
This will be Turner's third day out of the lineup thus far this season, as the Jays look to keep the veteran fresh. He is hitting .350 with one home run, seven runs and five RBI in 40 at-bats. Daniel Vogelbach is starting at designated hitter and batting cleanup against righty Dakota Hudson.
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Blue Jays' Justin Turner: On bench Sunday
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Turner is out of the lineup for Sunday's game against the Yankees.
Turner's absence doesn't appear to be anything more than a maintenance day as the Blue Jays and Yankees wrap up their series with an afternoon contest that begins at 1:35 p.m. ET. With Turner on the bench, George Springer will get a day out of the outfield and will serve as Toronto's designated hitter.
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Blue Jays' Justin Turner: Reaches four times in win
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Turner went 3-for-3 with two doubles and a walk in Tuesday's 2-1 victory over the Astros.
Turner cranked a pair of doubles off Framber Valdez early in the contest. The 39-year-old veteran would later draw a two-out walk against Josh Hader in the ninth before coming around to score on Davis Schneider's eventual game-winning homer. Turner's gotten off to a nice start in Toronto, logging two three-hit games in his last three matchups. Overall, he's 7-for-20 with a homer and four RBI while serving as the Blue Jays' primary DH.
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Blue Jays' Justin Turner: Homers, drives in four
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Turner went 3-for-4 with a solo home run, a double and a walk, driving in four runs and scoring twice in Sunday's 9-2 win over Tampa Bay.
Turner had collected just one hit in the first three games of the season but tripled that figure Sunday. He drove in the first run of the game with an RBI single in the first, then added a two-RBI double in the third and a solo homer in the fifth. The 39-year-old offseason signing from Boston is the primary third baseman for the Blue Jays and can still bring it at the plate after hitting .276 with 23 homers and 96 RBI last season
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Blue Jays' Justin Turner: Will sit Saturday
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Turner is not in the lineup for Saturday's game against the Rays.
Turner started at DH for the first two games of the season, going 1-for-8 with one double and two runs. Daniel Vogelbach will be the designated hitter Saturday and bat in the cleanup spot.
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Blue Jays' Justin Turner: Swats first spring homer
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Turner went 1-for-3 with a three-run home run in Wednesday's Grapefruit League game against the Pirates.
The veteran slugger got hold of a Roansy Contreras offering in the first inning and launched it down the left-field line for his first homer of the spring. Turner is batting .333 (8-for-24) in Grapefruit League action with a 5:4 BB:K, and the 39-year-old is showing no signs of slowing down as he gets ready for his first season in a Blue Jays uniform.
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Blue Jays' Justin Turner: Three hits in Tuesday's game
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Turner went 3-for-3 with two RBI in Tuesday's Grapefruit League game against the Yankees.
New York didn't send its A-listers to Dunedin for the contest -- Turner's singles came off Dennis Santana, Duane Underwood and Clayton Andrews -- but it was still a nice performance from the 39-year-old slugger. Turner is batting .333 (7-for-21) through 10 spring contests with a 5:4 BB:K, although his only extra-base hit so far is a double. He's expected to spend most of the season as the Blue Jays' DH while hitting in the heart of the order.
