Corey Seager
Corey Drew Seager is an American professional baseball shortstop for the Los Angeles Dodgers of Major League Baseball. He was named the 2016 National League Rookie of the Year and was an MLB All-Star in his first two seasons in the majors. He is the youngest of three brothers, and his oldest brother is a third baseman who plays for the Seattle Mariners.
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Corey Drew Seager is an American professional baseball shortstop for the Los Angeles Dodgers of Major League Baseball. Seager was the 2016 National League Rookie of the Year and was an MLB All-Star in his first two seasons in the majors. He was named the NL Championship Series Most Valuable Player and the World Series MVP while leading the Dodgers to the 2020 World Series title. He is the youngest of three brothers, and his oldest brother is a third baseman who plays for the Seattle Mariners. He attended Northwest Cabarrus High School in Kannapolis, North Carolina. He committed to attend the University of South Carolina on a college baseball scholarship. The Dodgers selected Seager in the first round with the 18th overall selection of the 2012 MLB draft. He received a USD 2. 35 million signing bonus to sign with the Dodgers instead of attending South Carolina. In 2014, Seager hit. 352 with 18 home runs and 70 RBIs for the Rancho Cucamonga Quakes of the Class A-Advanced California League. On September 26, the Dodgers announced that Seager and Joc Pederson were the co-winner of the organization’s Minor League Player of the year award.
In his first 16 major league starts, he is the third-youngest player in MLB history to accomplish that feat. He passed Bill Russell by reaching base safely in his 16th major league start on September 12, 2015, against the Arizona Diamondbacks. He made his major league debut against the San Diego Padres on September 3, 2015 and he made his starting debut that night as the starting shortstop against the Padres. He 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. He returned to the Desert Dogs after the season and was awarded with a spot on the AFL Top Prospects List. On May 1, 2015,. Seager had six hits in six at-bats, including a home run, and six RBI. In a game on May 28 against the Salt Lake Bees, he was the second player in the history of the Oklahoma City franchise to record 6 hits in one game. He hit. 276 with 13 homers and 59 RBI. He also was named to Baseball America’s minor league All-Stars team, and named him a AAA Player and AAA Player of The Year.
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