Texas Rangers To Be Without Best Hitter For A Month

Tough break for the Texas Rangers, who will have to play without their $325M Man for at least a month due to a Grade 2 hamstring strain.

Corey Seager is expected to be out a minimum of 4 weeks with a Grade 2 hamstring strain, per @Evan_P_Grant pic.twitter.com/qUVTqrhcnR

— FOX Sports: MLB (@MLBONFOX) April 12, 2023

You can see the strain occur as he's legging out a double in a game on Tuesday night.  

Rangers SS, Corey Seager, comes out of the game immediately after a non-contact injury. Hope it's nothing too serious 🙏 pic.twitter.com/xo2TKKAQxB

— Royals Daily (@RoyalsDaily_) April 12, 2023

Terrible timing for Seager, who was off to a sizzling start to the season, and was at or near the top of nearly every category for shortstops thus far.  

Corey Seager ranks among AL Shortstops in the 11 games before his Injury:

— 14 Hits (T-2nd)
— 4 Doubles (T-2nd)
— 9 BB (T-1st)
— 184 OPS+ (2nd)
— .469 OBP (1st)
— 1.008 OPS (3rd)

Get well soon Corey. #StraightUpTX pic.twitter.com/Lmh017C1hT

— Rangers Muse (@MuseRangers) April 12, 2023

The 28-year-old three-time All-Star was first in on-base percentage for all SS, at .469, second in OPS+ (184), tied for second in hits (14), and third in OPS (1.008) through 11 games.  

Seager signed a massive 10-year, $325M contract with the Rangers in the 2021 offseason, then had a career-high 33 home runs in his first year in Texas, though his OPS was a bit lower than normal, at .772. 

This year, he was hitting .359 with a 1.008 OPS. He'll now have to hope he can pick up where he left off in about four weeks' time. 

Photo: Steven Bisig-USA TODAY Sports