How the Shift Nearly Broke Corey Seager — Then MLB Broke It

#baseball #mlb #coreyseager #texasrangersbaseball #sabermetrics In 2022, Corey Seager looked like a superstar in decline. His batting average dropped to .245, the lowest mark of his career. Critics questioned whether the Texas Rangers had made a mistake when they handed him a 10-year, $325 million contract. But the numbers underneath the box score told a completely different story. While traditional statistics suggested regression, advanced defensive data revealed that Seager was facing one of the most extreme defensive shifts in modern baseball history. Opposing teams stacked three defenders on one side of the infield and turned dozens of hard-hit balls into routine outs. Analysts saw the problem before Major League Baseball fixed it. This is the story of how the defensive shift distorted one of baseball’s best hitters, how the data identified the issue long before most fans noticed, and how a single rule change helped reveal the player Corey Seager had been all along. If you enjoy baseball stories where the numbers explain what the box score missed, SUBSCRIBE, i catch you! DISCLAIMER This video is based on publicly available MLB, Statcast, Sports Info Solutions, and historical baseball data. Statistical interpretations are presented for educational and entertainment purposes. Some figures are rounded for clarity and may vary slightly depending on the source and methodology used.