Phillies

Trea Turner Seeing Results After “Slight Adjustment” at the Plate

By Luke Arcaini

Published: May 22nd, 2025 · 10:19 AM EDT

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Don’t you wish the Phillies could play the Rockies for 162 games?

The Phils have scored 25 runs in three games against Colorado this week, racking up 46 hits.

Trea Turner has seven of those hits in 15 at-bats, including two doubles and a home run. He spoke to reporters following Wednesday night’s game about a slight tweak at the plate that he and Kevin Long made when they got to Coors Field on Monday:

I made a little adjustment the first day here. Working with the trainer… I got hit by that pitch earlier in the season, it was a while ago, but I think that kind of created bad habits for driving the ball, so I’ve been taking my hits and whatnot. Last few days, it’s been better about getting the ball in the air and finding the gaps…A little bit (of a mechanical change), it’s not something you’d go up there and say ‘holy cow,’ it’s very small changes for me, but it’s nice when I do something different and it clicks in.

Turner has committed to the approach that Rob Thomson stressed to reporters back on May 3rd. Thomson and Turner had a sit-down before the regular season began, when Thomson stressed the importance of getting on base rather than consistently trying to hit for power. Thomson’s main goal for Turner was getting to a .380 on-base percentage, and he’s flirting around that number right now.

Turner is slashing .308/.360/.421 for a .781 OPS in his first 47 games of this season. He only has three homers, but has logged 60 hits, and is on track for his first 200+ hit season with the Phillies.

Sure, you’d like a few more homers out of Turner. But getting on base is priority #1 for the shortstop, especially with Bryson Stott ahead of him, and the Harper/Schwarber duo behind him. Having the speed of Stott and Turner on the bases for Harper and Schwarber has been where the Phillies have found their most success this year.

Harper is hitting .455 with a .513 OBP since shaving his head. Schwarber is continuing to put up MVP-like numbers. Turner is hitting .341 in May with an .862 OPS.

Having the hot trio of Turner, Harper, and Schwarber in the middle of the lineup is powering this Phillies’ offense to the success that they’ve had so far in 2025. But Turner is now starting to find some more extra-base hits and power, which will only help this offense find even more success throughout the rest of the season.