Corey Seager will endure season-ending sports activities hernia surgical procedure on Friday, Rangers GM Chris Younger informed reporters, through Evan Grant of the Dallas Morning Information. The five-time All-Star was positioned on the 10-day injured record final week with what the workforce initially introduced as hip discomfort. Texas might transfer him to the 60-day IL in a procedural transfer to activate Jacob deGrom on Friday.
It’s the second sports activities hernia surgical procedure of the yr for Seager. He underwent the identical process in January, albeit with an vital distinction. Seager’s earlier hernia was on his left groin; Grant writes that the process will handle the correct aspect. The harm just isn’t anticipated to influence the shortstop’s readiness for spring coaching.
Seager suffered his earlier hernia harm throughout final yr’s postseason. He tried to rehab with out surgical procedure however went beneath the knife a few months later when the preliminary remedy plan was unsuccessful. That set him again throughout spring coaching however didn’t require a season-opening injured record stint. He’ll hope for a equally swift restoration this time round in order to not have a lot of an influence of his offseason.
It’s a bitter finish to a different wonderful season for Seager. He popped 30 homers with a .278/.353/.512 batting line over 533 plate appearances. He began the yr slowly, probably partly due to his restricted ramp-up after January’s surgical procedure. He has been top-of-the-line gamers within the league for the reason that begin of Might, raking at a .290/.362/.569 clip with 28 of his residence runs. By measure of wRC+, Seager has been one of many ten finest certified hitters since Might 1.
Whereas this was a step again from final yr’s MVP runner-up displaying, Seager’s first few seasons in Arlington couldn’t have gone a lot better. He has been an All-Star in all three years as a Ranger. He has reached 30 homers in every. Texas dissatisfied this season, however Seager was clearly one of the best participant on final yr’s World Sequence winner. He’ll make $32M subsequent season earlier than receiving $31M annual salaries for the ultimate six years of his $325M free-agent contract.
Josh Smith has taken over as the first shortstop in Seager’s absence. He’ll presumably get nearly all of the taking part in time there within the remaining couple of weeks of the season. Smith was a uncommon vivid spot within the Rangers lineup earlier within the yr. He stepped in at third base when Josh Jung was out and was arguably the workforce’s second-best participant behind Seager. Smith’s manufacturing has dropped off sharply within the second half, however he nonetheless carries a formidable .265/.350/.407 slash in 134 video games total.
