MLB Players Power Rankings: Top 10 Hitters in Week-10

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MLB Players Power Rankings: Corey Seager

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MLB Players Power Rankings (5): Corey Seager, Los Angeles Dodgers

Week-10 Stats: 0.769 SLG | 0.513 wOBA | 229 wRC+ | 0.6 fWAR

Corey Seager missed most of last season after suffering a right UCL sprain. Upon returning this season, he struggled, for the most part, hitting just .225 / .325 / .341 in his first 40 games of the season.

Over his last 24 games, however, Seager is looking like the old Corey, slashing .341 / .396 / .648. This resurgence, for lack of a better term, has catapulted Seager into a level of play we haven’t seen since his rookie season. That year, Seager hit 26 HR and 77 RBI, and this year he’s on pace for 20 HR and 93 RBI.

Defensively, the Dodgers get back an elite player at short stop. That’s not to say that Machado, Seager’s replacement last season, was bad at the position. It’s just that… he’s not a Corey Seager level type shortstop.

So far this season, Seager has a 4 DRS and a defensive rating of 4.7, according to FanGraphs. This is an improvement from Machado who posted a -13 DRS and a 2.0 defensive rating last season.

With the Los Angeles Dodgers leading in the NL West by 11 games and featuring the 2nd best run differential in baseball, the best in the NL, the team is hoping that Corey Seager could be the final piece to the championship puzzle.

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