Texas Rangers shortstop Corey Seager is set to miss at least four weeks after being placed on his team’s injured list due to picking up a left hamstring strain.

Seager was injured while running bases during the fifth inning of the Rangers’ game against the Kansas City Royals. Manager Chris Young confirmed that Seager underwent an MRI after the game that showed a Grade 2 strain.

“Somebody of Corey’s caliber is not replaceable, but it leads to opportunity for other players to step up. And that’s what good teams do,” Young commented after Seager was placed on the Rangers’ injured list. “All good teams, every team, goes through injuries. And we knew something like this would happen, didn’t know when or to whom.”

While Seager’s absence will be an issue for the Rangers, they remain strong contenders this season, having led the AL West with a 7-4 record before being swept 10-1 by the Royals on Wednesday night. Now, the Rangers will have to rely on either Josh Smith or utility player Ezequiel Duran to fill Seager’s role.

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The New York Yankees seem to be delivering on their promises to make a run for the top players on the free-agent market this offseason. And they are starting with the shortstop position.

In a chat with reporters on Thursday, the Yankees’ general manager Brian Cashman revealed that the team already had talks with the best available free agent shortstops. The list of names includes 2020 World Series MVP Corey Seager and All-Stars Trevor Story, and  Carlos Correa.

According to Cashman, the team is “casting a wide net and having conversations” that would lead to improving the team ahead of the 2022 MLB season.

“So, we’re going to have to come up with a better version than what we ended with. That’s the job,” Cashman said. “We’re trying to assess really what our realistic options are, and so time will tell how that plays out, but I have talked to all of them, yes.”

The New York Yankees are in a rough spot on shortstop ever since losing Didi Gregorius in free agency in 2019. The team tried to patch up the position with All-Star second baseman Gleyber Torres, but the move didn’t pan out, and they dropped the experiment midway through the 2021 season.

The Yankees finished third in the AL East in 2021 but still managed to get to the playoffs thanks to a 92-70 record. They were handed an early postseason exit after losing 1-3 to the Boston Red Sox in the AL Wild Card game.

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The Los Angeles Dodgers defeated the Tampa Bay Rays 3-1 on Tuesday night to secure their first World Series title since 1988.

They wouldn’t have been able to do so without the massive performance from shortstop and superstar Corey Seager, who was named the unanimous World Series MVP after Game 6’s conclusion.

Seager, the first shortstop to win the MVP award since Edgar Renteria did so for the rival San Francisco Giants ten years ago, was the heart of Los Angeles’s potent offense as they slugged their way past the Rays.

The 26-year-old Seager hit .400 with two home runs, five RBI, and six walks over the series’ six games. Arguably his biggest moment wasn’t even a hit, but rather a ground ball to Rays’ first baseman Ji-Man Choi in the sixth inning of last night’s game that scored Mookie Betts and gave the Dodgers a 2-1 lead.

Seager is the first player to win the World Series MVP award and the National League Championship Series award since the Dodgers’ Orel Hershiser did so in 1988, proving that the shortstop had one of the most impressive Postseasons in baseball history.

The laid-back North Carolinian was presented with the Willie Mays MVP Award Trophy and won a brand new Chevrolet following the conclusion of the game.

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Texas Rangers shortstop Corey Seager is set to miss at least four weeks after being placed on his team’s injured list due to picking up a left hamstring strain.

Seager was injured while running bases during the fifth inning of the Rangers’ game against the Kansas City Royals. Manager Chris Young confirmed that Seager underwent an MRI after the game that showed a Grade 2 strain.

“Somebody of Corey’s caliber is not replaceable, but it leads to opportunity for other players to step up. And that’s what good teams do,” Young commented after Seager was placed on the Rangers’ injured list. “All good teams, every team, goes through injuries. And we knew something like this would happen, didn’t know when or to whom.”

While Seager’s absence will be an issue for the Rangers, they remain strong contenders this season, having led the AL West with a 7-4 record before being swept 10-1 by the Royals on Wednesday night. Now, the Rangers will have to rely on either Josh Smith or utility player Ezequiel Duran to fill Seager’s role.

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The New York Yankees seem to be delivering on their promises to make a run for the top players on the free-agent market this offseason. And they are starting with the shortstop position.

In a chat with reporters on Thursday, the Yankees’ general manager Brian Cashman revealed that the team already had talks with the best available free agent shortstops. The list of names includes 2020 World Series MVP Corey Seager and All-Stars Trevor Story, and  Carlos Correa.

According to Cashman, the team is “casting a wide net and having conversations” that would lead to improving the team ahead of the 2022 MLB season.

“So, we’re going to have to come up with a better version than what we ended with. That’s the job,” Cashman said. “We’re trying to assess really what our realistic options are, and so time will tell how that plays out, but I have talked to all of them, yes.”

The New York Yankees are in a rough spot on shortstop ever since losing Didi Gregorius in free agency in 2019. The team tried to patch up the position with All-Star second baseman Gleyber Torres, but the move didn’t pan out, and they dropped the experiment midway through the 2021 season.

The Yankees finished third in the AL East in 2021 but still managed to get to the playoffs thanks to a 92-70 record. They were handed an early postseason exit after losing 1-3 to the Boston Red Sox in the AL Wild Card game.

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The Los Angeles Dodgers defeated the Tampa Bay Rays 3-1 on Tuesday night to secure their first World Series title since 1988.

They wouldn’t have been able to do so without the massive performance from shortstop and superstar Corey Seager, who was named the unanimous World Series MVP after Game 6’s conclusion.

Seager, the first shortstop to win the MVP award since Edgar Renteria did so for the rival San Francisco Giants ten years ago, was the heart of Los Angeles’s potent offense as they slugged their way past the Rays.

The 26-year-old Seager hit .400 with two home runs, five RBI, and six walks over the series’ six games. Arguably his biggest moment wasn’t even a hit, but rather a ground ball to Rays’ first baseman Ji-Man Choi in the sixth inning of last night’s game that scored Mookie Betts and gave the Dodgers a 2-1 lead.

Seager is the first player to win the World Series MVP award and the National League Championship Series award since the Dodgers’ Orel Hershiser did so in 1988, proving that the shortstop had one of the most impressive Postseasons in baseball history.

The laid-back North Carolinian was presented with the Willie Mays MVP Award Trophy and won a brand new Chevrolet following the conclusion of the game.

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