Washington Nationals Shortstop, Trea Turner, tweeted controversial messages in the year of 2012, before he joined the Nats, and that created controversary on Sunday, July 29th. Here are Turner’s tweets, according to a fellow twitter user(warning: vulgar language).
As the world goes crazy sifting through tweets from 2011 and 2012, context and authenticity is a key before anyone starts to overreact about tweets that were “supposedly” on Trea Turner’s account. pic.twitter.com/epCBgF2ffe
— Talk Nats ⚾ (@TalkNats2) July 30, 2018
Tweets aside, Turner has recorded the following statistics, according to Pro Baseball Reference, Turner has recorded a .265 BA, has hit 13 home run’s, driven in 43 RBI’s, has stole 24 bases, and has an OBP of .337, all through July 29th.
Here’s the press release and Turner’s statement on his messages from 2012.
Here’s a statement from Trea Turner on his offensive tweets. pic.twitter.com/TzQ4lxNGR2
— Jorge Castillo (@jorgecastillo) July 30, 2018
