Corey Seager
Corey Drew Seager (born April 27, 1994) is an American professional baseball shortstop for the Los Angeles Dodgers of Major League Baseball (MLB). The Dodgers selected Seager in the first round of the 2012 Major League Baseball draft, and he made his major league debut in 2015.
Seager was the 2016 National League (NL) Rookie of the Year, the 2020 NL Championship Series Most Valuable Player (MVP), and the 2020 World Series MVP, and was named an MLB All-Star in his first two seasons in the majors.
Corey Seager: Early life
Corey Seager was born in Charlotte, North Carolina, to Jeff and Jody Seager. He is the youngest of three brothers. The eldest, Kyle Seager, plays for the Seattle Mariners. Justin, the second brother, was chosen in the twelfth round of the 2013 MLB Draft.
Corey Seager: Career
Amateur
Seager attended Northwest Cabarrus High School in Concord, North Carolina. He applied to enter the University of South Carolina at Columbia, pursuing a curriculum with the aim of training professional baseball players. The Los Angeles Dodgers of Major League Baseball (MLB) selected Seager in the first round of the 2012 MLB Draft as 18th overall. He received a $ 2.35 million bonus for signing a contract with the Dodgers instead of enrolling in college.
Minor Leagues
Seager began his professional career with the Ogden Raptors of the Pioneer League, for which he had a batting average of 309 in 46 games in 2012. He was promoted to the Great Lakes Loons in the Midwest League A-Class for 2013. He reached 309 with 12. home runs and 57 runs batted in (RBI) in 74 games with the Great Lakes and was promoted on August 3, the Rancho Cucamonga Quakes of the Class a-Advanced in the California League. However, in 27 games in the new category, his average dropped to .160. After the 2013 season, Seager played for the Glendale Desert Dogs in the Arizona Fall League and was selected to play in the AFL Fall Stars Game.
In 2014
Seager batted with .352, with 18 home runs and 70 RBI for the Quakes and was selected for the mid-season California League All-Star team. He played for the US team in the 2014 All-Star Futures Game. After the Futures Game, he was promoted to the Southern League AA class Chattanooga Lookouts. With the Lookouts he played 38 games with a batting average of .345.
Los Angeles Dodgers
In 2015
He was ranked 7th overall in the prospect ranking. He started the season with the AA-class Tulsa Drillers and was promoted to the AAA-class Oklahoma City Dodgers on May 1 with a batting average of .375, 5 home runs, and 15 RBIs in 20 games. Recorded 6 RBIs in 6 at-bats and 6 RBIs including home runs in the game against Salt Lake Bees on the same day. In AAA-class Oklahoma City, he played 104 games with a batting average of .276, 13 home runs, and 59 RBIs.
He made his first major promotion on September 3 and made his major debut against San Diego Padres on the same day. He recorded 2 hits and 2 RBIs in 4 at-bats, including the first major hit from Colin Rea. In the match against Arizona Diamondbacks on September 12, Josh Collmenter recorded 4 hits in 4 at-bats, 1 walk, 3 RBIs, and 1 stolen base, including his first major home run. This record is Ken Griffey Jr. It is the third youngest record after Orlando Cepeda. This year, he played 27 games with a batting average of .337 / 4 home runs.
He ranked first overall in the prospect ranking and recorded three home runs in one game for the first time in 57 years as a newcomer against the Atlanta Braves on June 3. He returned to the first half with a batting average of .297 and 17 home runs and participated in the All-Star Game on the recommendation of the director. He was also elected a member of Homelander Bee. In the game against the San Francisco Giants on August 25, Matt Moore, who had been throwing no hits until two deaths in the ninth inning, carried the 133rd ball in front of Wright and saved the team from the crisis of no-hitter no- run.
Two days later, on August 27, in a match against the Chicago Cubs, he hit No-hitter No. 23, which broke the record for the shortstop's team's most home runs. In the end, he participated in 157 games as a shortstop, recording a batting average of .308, 26 home runs, 72 RBIs, and OPS.877. The off-season in Manpyo to be a history of 21 glance rookie shine in, Silver Slugger Award first awarded was. Furthermore, MVP the vote, he was ranked third after Chris Bryant and Daniel Murphy.
He participated in 145 games with a batting average of .295, 22 home runs, and 77 RBIs, winning the Silver Slugger Award for the second consecutive year. Injured right leg in June, and also injured his right Hijiya back later return such as, the disabled list was a season that has been plagued by injuries but did not enter what to. In the playoffs, he missed all games in the League Championship Series due to his injuries, but he participated in his first World Series, and in the second round he won a two-run home run with a one-on-one tie in six innings. He played an active part such as releasing.
On April 30, 2018
He was diagnosed with an ulnar collateral ligament injury in his right elbow, which caused him to undergo Tommy John's surgery; causing him to lose the rest of the 2018 season.
2019
Seager was eligible for arbitration for the first time during the 2018-2019 offseason. He agreed to a one-year deal with the Dodgers for $4 million.
On June 11, Seager strained his left hamstring while baserunning and was placed on the 10-day injured list retroactive to the following day. An MRI exam confirmed the diagnosis of a Grade 1 to Grade 2 strain. Prior to the injury, Seager had been hitting .459 during his last 37 at-bats (17 hits, including 7 doubles). He was activated from the injured list on July 10, and two days later began the second half of the season batting at the top of the order against the Red Sox. Seager finished the regular season batting .272/.335/.483 with 19 home runs, and despite missing one month of play, he set new career highs with 44 doubles (tied for the NL lead) and 87 RBIs.
2020
In his second arbitration-eligible season, Seager agreed with the Dodgers to a one-year, $7.6 million contract. On August 17, Corey faced his brother, Mariner's third baseman Kyle Seager, for the first time in an MLB game and both homered in the game, becoming the first pair of brothers to homer in the same game since César and Felipe Crespo did so on June 7, 2001. The emotions of and the background leading up to the Seager brothers' August 17 encounter was published in a mini-documentary on the Dodgers' official YouTube channel.
Seager completed the 2020 regular season having played in 51 of 60 games and hit .307/.358/.585. Among all qualified hitters on the Dodgers, he led the team in batting average, slugging percentage, hits (65), doubles (12), and RBIs (41). Seager attributed much of his hitting success during the season to be fully healthy, as partly evidenced by his career-best 93.2 mph Statcast average exit velocity. On defense, he had the lowest fielding percentage among major-league shortstops, at .952. Seager was named MVP in the 2020 National League Championship Series and was then named MVP of the 2020 World Series. Between the NLCS and the World Series, Seager hit .347/.439/.816 with 7 home runs and 16 RBIs.
Corey Seager: Awards and Accomplishments
Awards
- All-Star Futures Game selection (2014)
- Arizona Fall League Fall Stars selection (2013)
- Baseball America Triple-A Minor Leagues Player of the Year (2015)
- Baseball America Rookie of the Year (2016)
- California League Most Valuable Player (2014)
- Esurance MLB/This Year in Baseball Award winner as Best Rookie (2016)
- Home Run Derby participant (2016)
- 2x Major League Baseball All-Star selection (2016, 2017)
- National League Rookie of the Month (June 2016)
- National League Rookie of the Year (2016)
- Players Choice Award for National League Outstanding Rookie (2016)
- 2x Silver Slugger Award at shortstop (2016, 2017)
- The Sporting News National League Rookie of the Year (2016)
- Topps All-Star Rookie Team (2016)
- National League Player of the Week (9/15-9/21, 2019)
- MVP in the 2020 National League Championship Series.
- MVP in the 2020 World Series
Accomplishments
- Los Angeles Dodgers record for home runs hit by a shortstop in one season (26 in 2016)
- Los Angeles Dodgers record for first consecutive major league starts reaching base (16 on September 21, 2015)
- MLB record, shared with Kyle Seager, as the first pair of brothers to each hit at least 25 home runs in the same season (2016)
- MLB record as the youngest shortstop and sixth youngest overall to hit three home runs in one game (June 4, 2016).
Record
- MiLB
- All-Star Futures Game Selected: Once ( 2014 )
- MLB
- MLB All-Star Game selection: 2 times ( 2016 - 2017 )
Uniform number
- 5 (2015-)
- First shortstop to hit five home runs in a postseason series in the (2020 National League Championship Series).
