Corey Seager has encountered some tough luck with injuries during his young career with the Los Angeles Dodgers, most notably missing essentially all of the 2018 season after undergoing Tommy John surgery. While recovering from that, he had arthroscopic hip surgery.
Seager burst onto the scene in 2016 when he was unanimously voted National League Rookie of the Year award. After another All-Star season in 2017, the injuries began to become a problem.
Spring Training, in particular, has often not been very fun for Seager as more years than not he has been rehabbing or slowed an injury, and forced to take things slowly as he prepared for another season.
This year has been different though as Seager reported to camp 100% healthy and has been able to maintain that through the first few weeks. He discussed how great that change of pace has been for him as he prepares for the 2020 season, via Bill Plunkett of the Southern California News Group:
“It was nice,” Seager said. “It was weird not waiting for something to heal to get started (working out). You just go, no restrictions. I didn’t have to do any of that (physical therapy). It was like your brain had a load taken off. It’s been more the mental part of it. To just not worry about it, having the confidence to know you can just go.”
Seager dealt with a hamstring injury that kept him out for a month but otherwise had a healthy season in 2019, his first year coming off the two surgeries. It took him a while to get going at the plate after missing so much time, but he still hit .272/.335/.483 with a league-leading 44 doubles, 19 home runs and 87 RBI in 134 games.
It is easy to see how healthy Seager looks this spring as not only is he batting .278/.381/.389 with a pair of doubles and six runs scored in seven Cactus League games, but he has also looked good defensively as well.
The Dodgers will have one of the most potent lineups in the league in 2020, so unlike previous years where Seager found himself having to carry the offense at times, he should be able to fly under the radar and get back to doing what he does best at the plate.
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