Wednesday night was one of the best nights of Rangers star Corey Seager’s MLB career. He won the second championship of his career and joined the ultra-exclusive club of multi-time World Series MVP winners. Understandably, he wasn’t too interested in dwelling on the past.
In his press conference after the game, Seager was asked a question about his old team, the Dodgers.
“I’m just gonna ask you the question that I get texted the most, especially during this series,” the reporter said. “Why did the Dodgers let you go?”
Seager just shook his head and looked at the PR staffer as if to ask them to move things along.
“You don’t have an answer?” the reporter added.
Seager just shrugged.
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It’s a fair question, but Seager isn’t the one to answer it. The Dodgers let him walk as a free agent after the 2021 season, choosing to slide Trea Turner from second base over to shortstop. But when Turner also left in free agency the following year and projected starting shortstop Gavin Lux (a former top prospect) went down with a season-ending injury in spring training this year, the Dodgers were left scrambling. They ended up having veteran utilityman Miguel Rojas start the majority of games at short.
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Surely they wished they could have had a player of Seager’s quality instead, but if there’s anyone who needs to be asked questions about how the Dodgers’ infield woes, it’s the Los Angeles front office, not Seager—and especially not immediately after his current team’s triumphant victory.
