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Dodgers News: Alex Wood, Ross Stripling, David Freese & Justin Turner Extend Advice To Young Baseball Players

Matt Borelli
3 Min Read
Gary A. Vasquez/USA TODAY Sports


As healthcare officials urge the population to practice social distancing in effort to combat the spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19), there has been an increase in usage across social media platforms.

Viral challenges have circulated on Instagram and Twitter — ones that require a response to a question and the tagging of friends.

With virtually every professional sports league currently on hold, athletes are using their free time to interact with fans while putting their own creative twist on the popular challenges going around.

Multiple Los Angeles Dodgers players past and present, including Alex Wood, Ross Stripling David Freese and Justin Turner, shared valuable advice to young baseball players.

Turner, one of the league’s most respected players, encouraged the youth to enjoy the process, to not let criticism get in the way of accomplishing goals and to make an effort to gain the trust of teammates.

Last August, Turner hosted a Citi ProCamp for the third consecutive year — a baseball clinic that is open to players in grades 1 through 8.

Turner addressed each group and shared his philosophy behind getting into an optimal fielding position. He then watched as kids fielded ground balls, offering words of encouragement and reminders of the talking points.

“This is fun, this is exciting,” Turner said at the time. “I know how much it means to the kids because I was that kid who enjoyed being around. I was around college guys in the camps I went to.

“Anything I can do to impact and hopefully create a dream for a kid, make them work harder or longer and get a scholarship to go to college, I’m all for that.”

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Matt Borelli covers the Los Angeles Dodgers as a staff writer for Dodger Blue and holds similar responsibilities for Lakers Nation, a sister site with an emphasis on the Los Angeles Lakers. He also contributes to RamsNewswire.com and RaidersNewswire.com. An avid fantasy sports player, Matt is a former 2014 MLB Beat the Streak co-champion. His favorite Dodgers moment, among a list of many, is Clayton Kershaw's no-hitter against the Colorado Rockies in 2014. Follow him on Twitter: @mcborelli.