SAN DIEGO — The (shortstop) games have begun. 

The Phillies have signed free agent shortstop Trea Turner to an 11-year contract, per ESPN’s Jeff Passan.

BREAKING: Shortstop Trea Turner and the Philadelphia Phillies are in agreement on a contract, a source tells ESPN.

— Jeff Passan (@JeffPassan) December 5, 2022

Turner was one of the four big shortstops in the free agent market, along with Xander Bogaerts, Carlos Correa and Dansby Swanson. The Cubs are expected to be active in the market this winter.

Turner hit .298/.343/.466 with 21 home runs, 27 stolen bases, 100 RBI and a 4.9 WAR (per Baseball-Reference) in 2022. The 29-year-old has a lifetime slash line of .302/.355/.487 with 124 home runs, 230 stolen bases and 29.7 WAR.

The move by the Phillies should accelerate the market for shortstop — it sets the value and teams will be looking to pounce on the remaining available targets.

For the Phillies, they showed their aggressive nature once again, jumping on one of the top free agents in the market, a year after signing Kyle Schwarber and Nicholas Castellanos. They grabbed the last playoff spot in the NL and reached the World Series in 2022, falling to the Astros.