BOSTON -- Trading in the near constant Southern California warmth and sun for the Green Monster, Justin Turner is confident that the next chapter of his career will wind up being a memorable one.

After agreeing to terms on Dec. 18 with the Red Sox on a one-year contract that includes a player option for 2024, Turner finalized the deal to move east Friday, thus ending a nine-year association with his hometown Dodgers.

Making the move a little more seamless for the 38-year-old is that the Red Sox are threatening to turn into Dodgers East.

When Turner looks around the clubhouse in Spring Training, he will see Kiké Hernández and Kenley Jansen, two players he won a World Series championship with in 2020. He will also see Alex Verdugo and Chris Martin, two players he also teamed with in Los Angeles.

“There's a ton of familiarity with a lot of former teammates that I've played with [for] the Dodgers over here, so there were a lot of conversations,” Turner said. “And I’m excited again to get in this clubhouse, get with this group of guys that seems like it's a really, really, good group of guys and the potential to do a lot of special things. And you know, the goal is to win a championship.”

Turner chuckled when asked how much the recruiting efforts of the ever-sociable Hernández had to do with him winding up in Boston.

“Kiké is always in the middle of everything, as I'm sure you guys know,” Turner said. “He’s a really, really, good friend of mine, and I talk to him a lot about everything, not just baseball. To say he didn't have a big part of this would be a lie.”

One of the most interesting components of Turner joining the Red Sox is that Boston’s best player is third baseman Rafael Devers. Turner has been a third baseman most of his career. That will no longer be the case, especially after Devers agreed to terms this week on an 11-year, $331 million extension with Boston.

Look for Turner to get most of his playing time at designated hitter, the spot J.D. Martinez occupied in Boston the past five years. Martinez wound up with the Dodgers in free agency.

With left-handed-hitting rookie Triston Casas expected to be the primary first baseman, Turner could spell him at times against lefties. Every now and then, Turner might get a start at third base, though he acknowledged his hope is that Devers doesn’t get many days off.

Truth is, Turner can’t wait to watch Devers up close.

“The No. 1 thing that stands out [coming to Boston] is getting the opportunity to watch Raffy play every day, the way he takes his at-bats and goes about his business,” Turner said. “I watched him on TV from afar, and obviously I think he’s one of the more talented players in our game. Getting the opportunity to see what he’s about and be around him is really exciting.”

And having that Green Monster 310 feet away is perhaps just as exciting for this right-handed pull hitter.

“I do think that pulling the ball in the air is one of my strengths, and when I’m right at the plate that’s something I do very well, and I don’t think that coming in there trying to be a dead-red, turn-and-burn guy is ideal, and I don’t think that’s what I’m going to end up doing,” Turner said. “But when I’m feeling good, I’m spraying the ball all over the place but [with] a lot of pull-side balls in the air. So I’m hoping that benefits me big time, that short porch over there.

“I joked a lot in L.A. about how many times I flew out to the warning track, so I think it’s going to turn some of those warning-track flyouts into long singles or doubles and hopefully create some more extra-base hits.”

Turner battled through one of the worst starts of his career last season. Through June 30, he had a line of .227/.298/.375. But it all started to click after that. From July 1, he slashed .340/.412/.514.

“I’m traditionally a slow starter in April,” Turner said. “I didn’t expect to have a slow entire first half. I think that was kind of shocking to me. I felt good, I was putting in the work, I just wasn’t getting results. And I don’t know what clicked or what it was that one night ... [June 30] against the Padres, I had a big game and everything just clicked from there.”