Seager, Moncada, Houck, Hays, Clase

Seager sets a high bar … Corey Seager (SS, TEX) not only matched his career high 33 HRs last season, he did so while hitting .327 – second best in the AL – and lifting his team to a World Series win. Expectations are clearly high entering his age 29 season. Can he fulfill them?

Year	PA	HR	BA	bb%	ct%	HctX	xBA	G/L/F	PX	xPX	HR/F	Brl%
2020	232	15	.307	7%	82%	177	.296	39/23/39	138	173	22%	15.8%
2021	409	16	.302	11%	81%	138	.283	46/21/34	116	125	16%	12.4%
2022	667	33	.246	9%	82%	129	.279	40/21/39	118	138	17%	10.5%
2023	536	33	.327	10%	81%	166	.314	41/21/40	164	168	21%	15.2%

Nothing in Seager's underlying skills suggest he's not fully capable of a repeat.

• Seager's ct% is solidly above league average and as steady as it gets. He also displays a good enough batting eye for a plus OBP.
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