Corey Seager has been one of the best hitters in baseball for more than two months.
ARLINGTON, Texas — The Rangers picked a fine time to score 20 runs.
Texas throttled the Los Angeles Angels on Wednesday night, slugging four homers in a 20-3 win. The Rangers’ recent surge might not matter much; they’re still six games out of first place in the American League West and four and a half games out of a Wild Card spot. And their top pitcher, Nathan Eovaldi, is likely done for the season.
But Wednesday night’s efforts, and those of the current homestand as a whole, might have reminded us, if nothing else, that Joc Pederson still has a pulse. He homered in the rout and has a .787 OPS since returning from injury on July 27.
We should also take notice of this: Corey Seager is still very good at baseball.
The franchise shortstop started slow, like everyone else on the team in 2025, and then (probably unfairly) got lumped into the group of disappointments, alongside the likes of Pederson and Marcus Semien. On June 8, Seager’s then-middling season had produced an OPS of just .700, well below his career average of .871.
He’s only been one of the best hitters in baseball ever since.
Over Seager’s last 67 games, he’s slashing .289/.410/.533 with a .943 OPS and 15 homers. Ten of those homers have come since Aug. 3, giving Seager 21 for the season and an outside chance of reaching the 30 mark for the fourth season in a row.
What makes this year slightly different for Seager, and what buoyed a slow start at the plate, has been his glove. He’s been one of the best fielders in baseball, accumulating 2.2 Wins Above Replacement (via Baseball Reference) in the field. The WAR start can be pesky to figure out, so put more simply: His 2.2 total is the fourth-best in baseball.
Throw in a few WAR for his hitting, and Seager, at 5.9, also sits fourth in baseball in total WAR. Another comparison: His 5.9 WAR is the second-most of his career, and the Rangers still have 27 games remaining.
All of which is to say: Seager is hitting right at, or slightly above, his career averages, and that’s with the homers coming on strong.
He’s still good. Very good, in fact, despite the rest of the Rangers falling off a cliff.