{"id":340375,"date":"2025-12-10T22:40:09","date_gmt":"2025-12-10T22:40:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/340375\/"},"modified":"2025-12-10T22:40:09","modified_gmt":"2025-12-10T22:40:09","slug":"chris-young-reveals-texas-rangers-stance-on-idea-of-trading-all-star-corey-seager","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/340375\/","title":{"rendered":"Chris Young reveals Texas Rangers\u2019 stance on idea of trading All-Star Corey Seager"},"content":{"rendered":"

LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. – As the Rangers<\/a> packed up at the winter meetings, stow their mostly meager resources and return home to continue trying to fill multiple roster needs, they\u2019ve found that they have at least one potentially valuable trade chip.<\/p>\n

Corey Seager.<\/a><\/p>\n

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Here\u2019s the thing, though, they aren\u2019t really interested in trading him. <\/p>\n

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\u201cThe reality is, every team is looking for great players, and there have been a number of teams that have checked in on a number of our great players,\u201d Rangers president of baseball operations Chris Young<\/a> said Wednesday afternoon. \u201cAnd the reality is, we are not motivated to move Corey Seager. We are trying to win a championship 2026 and in order to do that, we need great players.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo teams do their job and their diligence trying to find out who\u2019s available and who\u2019s not, but I can\u2019t say there\u2019s any substance to anything more than a normal check-in, normal operating procedure for this time of year. Everyone does it.\u201d<\/p>\n

And just about every deep-pocketed team, including the Boston Red Sox, have noted the Rangers\u2019 financial approach to the winter and have expressed interest in Seager this offseason. While the Rangers have noted the interest and haven\u2019t explicitly said he\u2019s unavailable, they haven\u2019t engaged in deeper discussions.<\/p>\n

Other teams that have inquired include Atlanta and the New York Yankees. <\/p>\n

Boston, according to a report in The Boston Globe,<\/a> has conversed with at least four teams this winter about premier middle infielders – the Rangers about Seager, Arizona about Ketel Marte, St. Louis about Brendan Donovan and Houston about Isaac Paredes. The Red Sox have also been linked to free agent shortstop Bo Bichette.<\/p>\n

Boston, at least, has the wherewithal to potentially entice the Rangers to listen a little more. The Red Sox have a host of young, controllable major leaguers such as shortstop Marcelo Mayer and left-handed Payton Tolle, just to name two. <\/p>\n

Seager, who turns 32 in April, has six years and $189 million remaining on his 10-year, $325 million contract.<\/a> Based on the market and his position, there is reason to believe that if he were a free agent, he could still get more than that. So teams could view him as something of a free agent \u201cbargain.\u201d <\/p>\n

It also means that from the Rangers\u2019 perspective, even as motivated as they are to trim payroll, there would be no reason to \u201cbuy down\u201d any of the contract by sending some cash to another club. <\/p>\n

It would take premier young players to acquire a premier veteran. And, given the Young\u2019s stance – he bristled earlier this offseason at the suggestion that cutting payroll was akin to rebuilding – the players would need to be major league ready to give the Rangers at least a fighting chance to compete.<\/p>\n

But there is also reason to at least listen. If the Rangers are ever going to consider trading Seager, the window likely closes after this season. He will reach 10 years of service, including five with the Rangers, in 2026, thus giving him the right to block any trade. While not an absolute deal-killer, it changes the market and reduces leverage.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s why Young said the Rangers are \u201cnot motivated to move him,\u201d but you never really say never. Instead, short of saying that Seager is absolutely unavailable, Young reiterated: <\/p>\n

\u201cYeah, we\u2019re not motivated to move him,\u201d Young said. \u201cWe\u2019re trying to win. Corey is a great player. You have to have great players to win. That\u2019s why we signed him.\u201d<\/p>\n

He is a great player. Though Seager\u2019s last three seasons have all had significant injury-related interruptions limiting him to an average of 114 games per year, he remains an elite contributor. He\u2019s averaged 6.1 WAR per season – Superstar\/MVP-candidate-worth, according to FanGraphs calculations – and posted a .916 OPS. When he starts, the Rangers are a winning team (180-163, .525 winning percentage); a 59-64 team when he doesn\u2019t.<\/p>\n

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On the other hand, if the Rangers moved Seager for a host of young, pre-arbitration players, it would give them a larger pool of young talent to help fill multiple holes and a much more significant pot of money to spend to further strengthen the team. <\/p>\n

All it would take is being willing to bid adieu to the World Series MVP of their only win who remains one of baseball\u2019s best.<\/p>\n

For the record, they have no intention of doing that. It doesn\u2019t keep other teams from checking.<\/p>\n

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