The 2018 season was a lost cause for Los Angeles Dodgers shortstop Corey Seager, who appeared in all of 26 games before opting to undergo Tommy John surgery in May.
Months into that recovery process, Seager then underwent an additional operation in August to correct a left hip issue. The procedure isn’t expected to have any effect on the 24-year-old’s timeline in resuming baseball-related activities by the start of Spring Training.
Having been under the knife twice this year, Seager is ready to move on and feels a sense of relief that he will be pain-free going forward, per Ken Gurnick of MLB.com:
“It definitely makes me happy to hear that things are going to stop bothering me,” he said. “It would make me really happy to be able to play without pain. You lose flexibility from it. It was just nagging, annoying and would take a while to get loose. It was like a deep feeling. I always felt like I was out of place, never in line. In general, if I loaded it a certain way it bothered me. I actually learned it stems from all the problems I had. It affects your arm, it affects your back and hamstrings. If you can’t move through your hips, you manipulate your arm and that causes stress. It’s kind of all related. In theory, it’s going to help everything.”
With Seager on track for a full recovery, he remains confident that he’ll be able to reprise his starting shortstop role next season. The Dodgers have maintained similar expectations as well.
That could lead to a difficult decision if the club seriously pursues the prospect of re-signing Manny Machado to what presumably would be a long-term contract this winter.
Doing so would require either Seager or Machado to change positions, though the latter will reportedly consider moving back to third base on a permanent basis in the right situation.
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