{"id":51624,"date":"2025-04-10T15:26:37","date_gmt":"2025-04-10T15:26:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=51624"},"modified":"2025-04-10T15:26:37","modified_gmt":"2025-04-10T15:26:37","slug":"texas-rangers-sluggers-power-is-emerging-from-early-season-struggles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=51624","title":{"rendered":"Texas Rangers Slugger\u2019s Power is Emerging from Early Season Struggles"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure>\n<div>\n<figure class=\"base_1ruub6q\" data-mm-type=\"image\"><picture class=\"base_1emrqjj\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"base_1emrqjj\" title=\"Apr 9, 2025; Chicago, Illinois, USA; Texas Rangers shortstop Corey Seager (5) celebrates with teammates in the dugout after hitting a home run during the seventh inning against the Chicago Cubs at Wrigley Field. \" src=\"https:\/\/images2.minutemediacdn.com\/image\/upload\/c_crop,w_5402,h_3038,x_0,y_319\/c_fill,w_720,ar_16:9,f_auto,q_auto,g_auto\/images\/ImagnImages\/mmsport\/inside_the_rangers\/01jremp88xntpmrak1cr.jpg\" alt=\"Apr 9, 2025; Chicago, Illinois, USA; Texas Rangers shortstop Corey Seager (5) celebrates with teammates in the dugout after hitting a home run during the seventh inning against the Chicago Cubs at Wrigley Field. \" \/><\/picture><\/figure>\n<div class=\"wrapper_brpv6a\"><em>Apr 9, 2025; Chicago, Illinois, USA; Texas Rangers shortstop Corey Seager (5) celebrates with teammates in the dugout after hitting a home run during the seventh inning against the Chicago Cubs at Wrigley Field. \/ Patrick Gorski-Imagn Images<\/em><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p data-mm-id=\"_qy3fn16w5\">Texas Rangers manager Bruce Bochy has stressed patience with an offense he knows is struggling.<\/p>\n<p data-mm-id=\"_oec9fpvf4\">Eventually, the long-time manager says, the bats will start to fire as everyone expected they would.<\/p>\n<p data-mm-id=\"_atdouate1\">Texas (9-4) was starting to show signs of it during their latest homestand against the Tampa Bay Rays. But key members of the offense were still missing in action to some degree.<\/p>\n<p data-mm-id=\"_mhy6fajbw\">One of those slumbering bats came to life on Wednesday in Chicago as Corey Seager showed off the lumber to the tune of two home runs in a 6-2 victory over the Cubs at Wrigley Field.<\/p>\n<p data-mm-id=\"_4eeaw5yjz\">Seager wasted no time, slugging a home run to center field in the first inning, a solo shot that staked the Rangers to a 1-0 lead.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Oppo Seager Smash \ud83d\udca5 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Asoc3fsGMa\">pic.twitter.com\/Asoc3fsGMa<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Texas Rangers (@Rangers) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Rangers\/status\/1910036429922533747?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 9, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p data-mm-id=\"_mz49vhtu7\">Seager gave the Rangers more cushion in the seventh inning with another solo home run, this one pulled into the right-field seats as he scored the Rangers\u2019 final run of the game.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Seags will have seconds! <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/AllForTX?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#AllForTX<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/d7bcf9N9BL\">pic.twitter.com\/d7bcf9N9BL<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Texas Rangers (@Rangers) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Rangers\/status\/1910060343172223060?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 9, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p data-mm-id=\"_mdaopxwd9\">He wasn\u2019t the only one that homered on Wednesday. Designated hitter Jonah Heim did, too. But, the Rangers need Seager\u2019s power in that second spot in the order to deliver consistently.<\/p>\n<p data-mm-id=\"_q63sh9twy\">Seager looks like he\u2019s starting to turn the corner.<\/p>\n<p data-mm-id=\"_f0a47fgq1\">In the Rangers\u2019 four games in March \u2014 all against the Boston Red Sox \u2014 he slashed .214\/.267\/.214. He didn\u2019t have a home run or an RBI. In fact, Seager had just three hits in 14 at-bats.<\/p>\n<p data-mm-id=\"_xxrxj477j\">The slash doesn\u2019t look much better in April, until you look at the slugging percentage \u2014 .222\/.276\/.556. That .556 slugging percentage shot up because he\u2019s hit three home runs in the last four games, including a solo shot against Tampa Bay on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p data-mm-id=\"_0mgok5r8u\">He has just six hits in seven games, but three are home runs. He hasn\u2019t managed any RBI with runners on base, but that is just a matter of time with this offense.<\/p>\n<p data-mm-id=\"_a44mlhds1\">Seager\u2019s slow start could be attributed to a stiff calf muscle that he had coming out of spring training. For that reason, he\u2019s done more games at designated hitter to start the season than usual.<\/p>\n<p data-mm-id=\"_vz9er9aoy\">Bochy\u2019s priority is making sure that Seager avoids injury. He had sports hernia surgery twice last year. He missed more than a month with two injuries in 2023, including a hamstring pull.<\/p>\n<p data-mm-id=\"_la0xynq7c\">His value to the offense is obvious. He\u2019s a five-time All-Star, three-time Silver Slugger and two-time World Series champion and MVP. He\u2019s slammed 30 or more home runs in three straight seasons.<\/p>\n<p data-mm-id=\"_3scfzj21g\">He\u2019s worth the white glove treatment. 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