Justin Turner has signed to play with the Tijuana Toros in the Mexican League, giving the 41-year-old veteran a new home a few weeks into the new MLB season. Dodgers insider David Vassegh reported the move on social media, saying Turner had agreed to join Tijuana.
Turner spent last season with the Chicago Cubs, who declined his mutual option after the 2025 season ended and sent him into free agency. He played in 80 games, hit.219 with three home runs and 18 runs batted in, and reached a milestone when he hit his 200th career home run. Catcher Carson Kelly said Turner was “huge,” adding that he had been around the game a long time, seen a lot of things and been on a lot of winning teams.
The signing gives Turner a place to keep playing after he had been waiting for another landing spot for 2026. It also marks a new chapter for a player who was a major leadership presence in the Cubs clubhouse last season and a big part of the Dodgers organization over the last decade-plus.
The move leaves open the broader question of how long Turner will continue his career and where, but for now it sends him to Tijuana at a point when the season is already moving without him in the majors.
