Justin Turner knows a thing or two about minor advantages that can be a difference-maker over the course of a long, 162-game season.

The 17-year major league veteran has been an All-Star, won a World Series and has been able to play into his age-40 season by finding any advantages – no matter how small they may be.

In his first two months at Wrigley Field he’s found one unique advantage that his whole team can benefit from: the amount of day games that are played at the Friendly Confines.

“All the day games at Wrigley, it’s kind of advantageous to us because it’s so many games that we aren’t spending hours on the field doing early hitting, doing early defense, doing batting practice,” Turner said on the latest edition of his wife Kourtney’s podcast, Holding Kourt. “All that stuff over the course of 162 kind of adds up to those dog days of August that everybody talks about. But with all the day games that we play at home, we’re spending half as much time on the field as every other team.

“So technically, out of physicalness, it’s probably an advantage for us.”

It’s showing – at least early on as the Cubs are 20-11 at Wrigley Field this season.

Of course, there’s the human advantage, too.

Players are done at the time when their peers around the league are just getting their days started. For players that have families, that’s such a mental reward, too.

“It makes the homestand feel longer because you’re spending more time at home after games than normal,” Turner said.

Sure, you could say that less time on the field could be a harm, but the veteran sees the work being put in and doesn’t sweat it.

“But our guys have been so good at getting out and getting their work in quality, not quantity,” Turner said. “You go out, you get your 10-15 good groundballs, make your throws and then you get back inside.”