Corey Seager stuck in 0-for-27 slump as the World Series MVP goes 7 games without a hit for Rangers
ARLINGTON, Texas — Corey Seager is going through a slump like none he has ever had to endure in the big leagues. The two-time World Series MVP shortstop is hitless in his last seven games for the Texas Rangers. That is part of a longer 0-for-27 span, also a career long, that includes 11 strikeouts.
“You’re obviously still working on things and you’d like to see some better results, but you’re not getting them,” Seager said after going 0 for 4 with two strikeouts in a wild 6-5 comeback win over Arizona on Wednesday night. While he has started 42 of the Rangers’ 43 games, the 32-year-old Seager said physically he feels “completely fine. ” He has played 24 in a row since his only game off April 16.
“It’s one of those things that you’re going to figure it out out there,” Seager said. “It’s always been like my focus, right, you’re going to figure it out swinging. So right now, I want to keep going out there and trying to figure it out.
” The Rangers had a day off Thursday, when his . 179 batting average ranked 167th out of 174 qualified MLB hitters. Seager, in the fifth season of a $325 million, 10-year deal, has 28 hits and 22 walks but 50 strikeouts account for 27.
5% of his 182 plate appearances. He has seven home runs and 20 RBIs. His last hit was an RBI single in the fourth inning at Yankee Stadium on May 6.