Texas Rangers shortstop Corey Seager has been a key driving force behind the team's playoff push as the 2026 season winds down.
Coming into the 2026 season, it was well known that if the Texas Rangers wanted to accomplish their goals, Corey Seager would need to be a huge part of it.
With just one week to go in the regular season, all the Rangers' goals are still in front of them, but it hasn’t been the typical year for Seager.
Throughout much of the first half, Seager was on the Injured List, and when he was playing, he wasn’t lighting the world on fire by any means.
Corey Seager has looked better
Lately, that has been a much different story. Since July 31, Seager is hitting .293 with eight home runs and 22 RBIs in 44 games.
Additionally, Seager has been playing lights-out defense at shortstop, maintaining a perfect fielding percentage in that same span.
With Seager back to his usual star form and the rest of the Rangers lineup finally being healthy at the same time, we’re starting to see a sustained level of offense, and in turn, it’s led to wins.
Entering the final week of the season, Texas holds a slight one-game lead in the American League West.
If the Rangers do wind up in the postseason field, it certainly won’t be a pretty picture that has gotten them there, but perhaps they know more than anyone: once you’re in, you’re in, and with Seager, they have one of the best postseason players in modern baseball history.
Rangers star knows about postseason play
Through 78 career postseason games, Seager has smashed 19 home runs and 48 RBI while amassing a pair of World Series MVP trophies.
A Seager-led-lineup in October could be dangerous for opposing pitching, but first, he has to help Texas get there.
There’s no doubt that with his current form, the Rangers feel good about where their offense stands heading into the critical final week.
On the other hand, the Texas pitching staff is starting to thin out, and they will need to have a couple of big performances from some of the guys they do have available if they want to keep their dreams of playing in October alive.
We know that the Rangers' pitching plans will pretty much remain TBD through the rest of the season, as manager Skip Schumaker has continued to describe the situation as “all-hands on deck”
Whoever gets called on will have to step up in a big way, but they can do so knowing that Seager and the offense are starting to hit their stride.
