Corey Seager

Corey Drew Seager (born April 27, 1994) is an American professional baseball shortstop for the Texas Rangers of Major League Baseball (MLB).

He previously played in MLB for the Los Angeles Dodgers.

The Dodgers selected Seager in the first round of the 2012 MLB draft, and he made his major league debut in 2015.

Seager attended Northwest Cabarrus High School in Kannapolis, North Carolina, graduating in 2012.

He played baseball and basketball for the school and was the number one baseball recruit in the state.

Seager committed to attend the University of South Carolina on a college baseball scholarship.

The Los Angeles Dodgers of Major League Baseball (MLB) selected Seager in the first round with the 18th overall selection of the 2012 MLB draft.

He received a $2.35 million signing bonus to sign with the Dodgers instead of attending South Carolina.

Seager began his professional career with the Ogden Raptors of the Pioneer League, where he had a .309 batting average in 46 games in 2012.

The middle brother, Justin, was drafted by the Mariners in the 12th round of the 2013 Major League Baseball draft.

Seager grew up a New York Yankees fan and idolized Derek Jeter.

He was promoted to the Great Lakes Loons of the Class A Midwest League for 2013.

He hit .309 with 12 home runs and 57 runs batted in (RBIs) in 74 games for Great Lakes and was promoted on August 3 to the Rancho Cucamonga Quakes of the Class A-Advanced California League.

In 27 games at the new level, he hit just .160.

Seager played for the Glendale Desert Dogs in the Arizona Fall League after the 2013 regular season, and was selected to play in the AFL Fall Stars Game.

In 2014, Seager hit .352 with 18 home runs and 70 RBIs for the Quakes and was selected to the mid-season California League All-Star team.

He played for the USA team at the 2014 All-Star Futures Game.

After the Futures Game, he was promoted to the Chattanooga Lookouts of the Class AA Southern League.

With the Lookouts, he played in 38 games and hit .345.

Seager was named the MVP of the California League for 2014.

He was also selected to Baseball America's minor league All-Star team.

On September 26, the Dodgers announced that Seager was the co-winner, along with Joc Pederson, of the organization's "Minor League Player of the Year" award.

He returned to the Desert Dogs in the AFL after the season and was awarded with a spot on the AFL Top Prospects List.

Seager received a non-roster invite to the Dodgers major league spring training in 2015.

MLB.com ranked him the 7th-best prospect in baseball going into the 2015 season, and Baseball America named him the #5 prospect in 2015.

The Dodgers assigned Seager to their new AA affiliate, the Tulsa Drillers of the Texas League, to start the 2015 season.

In 20 games with the Drillers, Seager hit .375 with five homers and 15 RBI.

Manager Razor Shines said of him, "I'm running out of words to describe this kid. He's phenomenal."

On May 1, 2015, Seager was promoted to the Oklahoma City Dodgers of the Class AAA Pacific Coast League (PCL).

In a game on May 28 against the Salt Lake Bees, Seager had six hits in six at-bats, including a home run, and six RBI.

He was the second player in the history of the Oklahoma City franchise to record six hits in one game.

He was selected to the mid-season PCL All-Star team.

He was the 2016 National League (NL) Rookie of the Year and was an MLB All-Star in his first two full seasons in the majors.

He was named the NL Championship Series Most Valuable Player (MVP) and the World Series MVP while leading the Dodgers to the 2020 World Series title.

After seven years with the Dodgers, Seager entered free agency and signed a 10-year contract worth $325 million with the Rangers.

He was an All-Star in 2022 and 2023.

Seager won the World Series with the Rangers in 2023 and was named World Series MVP for the second time (becoming only the 4th player to achieve this feat and the only player to win the World Series MVP in both leagues.)

Corey Seager was born in Charlotte, North Carolina, to Jeff and Jody Seager.

He is the youngest of three brothers.

His oldest brother Kyle Seager is former third baseman for the Seattle Mariners.