{"id":91749,"date":"2020-10-18T00:30:15","date_gmt":"2020-10-17T21:30:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/corey-seagers-breakout-is-making-him-dodgers-best-nlcs-bat\/"},"modified":"2020-10-18T00:30:15","modified_gmt":"2020-10-17T21:30:15","slug":"corey-seagers-breakout-is-making-him-dodgers-best-nlcs-bat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/corey-seagers-breakout-is-making-him-dodgers-best-nlcs-bat\/","title":{"rendered":"#Corey Seager’s breakout is making him Dodgers’ best NLCS bat"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#Corey Seager’s breakout is making him Dodgers’ best NLCS bat<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

\n It\u2019s a lineup that features the reigning National League MVP and another star that recently signed a $365 million contract extension. Yet the Dodgers\u2019 best offensive player probably isn\u2019t Cody Bellinger or Mookie Betts.<\/p>\n

Enter Corey Seager, the 26-year-old shortstop whose raw talent has been on display throughout this postseason. The fact the Dodgers reached Saturday, after avoiding elimination from the NLCS a night earlier against the Braves, was partly a function of Seager\u2019s dangerous left-handed bat.<\/p>\n

He entered Game<\/a> 6 with four homers and 10 RBIs in the series<\/a>. Included was two homers Friday night that helped bump his slash line for this postseason to .342\/.409\/.842.<\/p>\n

\u201cI didn\u2019t know much before I came over,\u201d Betts said, referring to Seager. \u201cI just knew he was a good shortstop who could swing it a little bit. And getting to see him day in and day out is definitely a blessing. I have really one job: to get on base and stay there until he hits me in, which doesn\u2019t take too long.\u201d<\/p>\n

It\u2019s a different Seager than the Dodgers had seen in previous Octobers. Before this year, Seager had app<\/a>eared in 31 postseason games and owned a disappointing .203\/.275\/.331 slash line. Now he\u2019s among a list of players that includes Giancarlo Stanton (2020), Nelson Cruz (2011), B.J. Upton (2008) and Jim Thome (1999) who have at least four homers and 10 RBIs in a postseason series.<\/p>\n

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But Seager doesn\u2019t want to hear about his own accomplishments at this point.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe whole goal is to win, we haven\u2019t done that yet,\u201d he said. \u201cSo regardless of what you\u2019re doing, if you don\u2019t win at the end of the year, it\u2019s not the same. We\u2019re just trying to win a game [Saturday] and let things happen.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m just putting good swings on good pitches right now. And everything is kind of clicking.\u201d<\/p>\n

Seager missed most of 2018 \u2014 which included a second straight World Series appearance for the Dodgers \u2014 after undergoing in-season Tommy John surgery. He returned the following year, played through hip discomfort that led to surgery near the end of the season and led the NL in doubles with 44, but he didn\u2019t have a real breakout until 2020.<\/p>\n

In the 60-game sprint, Seager hit .307\/.358\/.585 with 15 homers and 41 RBIs.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s healthy, he\u2019s been healthy, he\u2019s had a tremendous year, the experience he\u2019s had in the postseason \u2014 all of it is lining up right now,\u201d Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said. \u201cFor me, there\u2019s no better player.\u201d<\/p>\n

Seager\u2019s homers Friday included a blast leading off the fourth that cut the Braves\u2019 lead to 2-1. In the seventh, after Will Smith\u2019s three-run homer put the Dodgers ahead for the first time, Seager homered again.<\/p>\n

Justin Turner is the only other player in franchise history with 14 RBIs in one postseason.<\/p>\n

\u201c[Seager] is something else,\u201d Braves manager Brian Snitker said. \u201cHe\u2019s one of those guys who never gives an at-bat away. It\u2019s very impressive. He\u2019s a dangerous, impressive hitter.\u201d\n <\/p><\/div>\n

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