Seager caps stellar run as World Series MVP
As he was for the entire postseason, shortstop Corey Seager was at his best when the stakes were the highest.
Seager drove in Mookie Betts with the go-ahead run in the sixth inning Tuesday night as the Dodgers defeated the Rays 3-1 in Game 6 to wrap up their first World Series title in 32 years.
“We talked about that for a long time, just grinding (at-bats) out, scratching runs,” he told Fox Sports. “The postseason is not about the pretty games or anything like that. If you win, at the end it doesn’t matter. We did that.”
Seager finished the World Series with a .400 average and .556 on-base percentage with two home runs and five RBI. He led all players with seven runs scored.
“The way Corey was this postseason was just unbelievable,” Dodgers pitcher Clayton Kershaw said. “The focus, the drive to make everybody around him better.”
Seager, the 2016 National League rookie of the year and a two-time AllStar, would certainly have been named to the All-Star team this year after hitting .303 with 15 home runs and 41 RBI in the shortened 60-game regular season. He turned his game up a notch in October with a .328/.425/.746 slash line and also was named MVP of the NL Championship Series.