MLB executives ‘stunned’ Corey Seager chose Rangers over Yankees and Dodgers

One of the largest free agent firms in MLB before the work stoppage it was shortstop Corey Seager with the Texas Rangers, who received a huge $ 325 million contract for the next 10 seasons, leaving other teams intending to sign it “up in the air,” how the New York Yankees and Los Angeles Dodgers, who were interested in the shortstop, surprising many people by Seager’s decision to go to a team that is not considered a contender.

According to an ESPN poll of various Major League Baseball executives, most of them were surprised that Corey Seager was going to the Rangers, with many of them predicting that he would either sign with the New York Yankees or return to the Los Angeles. Los Angeles Dodgers and even the Detroit Tigers, with the latter leaving for Javier Báez.

Of the 20 executives polled, 12 predicted he would sign to the New York Yankees, while 6 expected him to relapse to the Detroit Tigers and only two to the Dodgers, with none of them choosing the Texas Rangers, who also surprised with the signing of third-place AL MVP Marcus Semien.

While the Yankees never made an offer to Corey Seager, it was reported that at least the Dodgers offered him a contract of at least $ 250 million and 7 years.

Gabriel Delgado

I started as a rookie on Al Bat in early 2018 and I’m going into my third season covering Major League Baseball as a web reporter. I am a fan of the San Francisco Giants, a number one defender of Barry Bonds and a critic of the Los Angeles Dodgers. Fernando Tatis Jr., Juan Soto and Ronald Acuña are the future of baseball, Mike Trout is overrated, and the Astros deserved to be taken away from the World Series for cheating. Besides baseball, I also enjoy soccer, football, basketball, and just about any other game that includes a ball or a ball. I am also an amateur musician, penniless gamer and very nerdy. Graduated in journalism from the University of Guadalajara, I graduated in 2017. Born in the shrimp capital of the world, Escuinapa, Sinaloa. I lived in Australia for a while; i survived giant spiders, tasmanian devils and fought a kangaroo and didn’t die trying.

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