October 31st, 2023 at 9:00 am 
by Ron Cervenka As Dodgers fans, it is difficult to flip on the TV to watch a World Series that should include our beloved team but doesn’t. As such, the best that we can do is root for former Dodgers shortstop Corey Seager and former Dodgers relievers Nathan Eovaldi, Josh Sborz and Andrew Heaney, all of whom are now with the Texas Rangers. I mean, it’s all we got, right?
Of particular note (and of particular pain) is that Corey Seager fellow. As Dodgers fans excruciatingly know, Dodgers President of Baseball Operations Andrew Friedman declined to re-sign the 2016 National League Rookie of the Year, two-time Dodgers All-Star (four total), two-time Silver Slugger and 2017 NL MVP and 2020 World Series MVP as a free agent following the 2021 season.
To the surprise of no one, the extremely popular (now) 29-year-old Charlotte, NC native and Dodgers first-round draft pick in 2012 out of Northwest Cabarrus High School in Concord, NC was snatched up – in a heartbeat – by the Texas Rangers on a 10-year/ $325 million deal.
“I’m a pretty meticulous guy, so just to hear how thought-out and planned (the Rangers) were, it wasn’t just my (free-agent) year, it was what they saw in the minor leagues, what they saw in future free agents. It was just kind of the whole atmosphere, process,” Seager told reporters earlier this postseason.
In his (thus far) 57 2023 postseason official at-bats, Seager has 17 hits (.298) with 10 RBIs. And though he is only 2-for-12 (.167) through the first three games of the 2023 World Series, both of those hits were home runs – the first a comeback game-tying two-run blast in the bottom of the ninth in Game-1 and the second a third-inning two-run shot that proved to be the game-winner in Game-3 on Monday night.
But wait, there’s more…
Should Seager go on to win the 2023 World Series MVP, which he most certainly is on track to do, he will join Hall of Famers Reggie Jackson, Bob Gibson and Sandy Koufax as the only two-time winners of the prestigious award.
Go (ugh) former Dodger Corey Seager!
Play Ball!
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Friedman hast to be held accountable. No two ways about it. It is his job to evaluate great talent, and even though Corey was injured frequently, you had to believe that once he got older and stronger, he was going to be where he is. Instead, they waste a lot of money on Trevor Bauer, trade for another shortstop that was going to move after his contract expired. Just not the kind of moves you would expect from a top-notch executive. I suppose it’s easy for us to play armchair quarterbacks, but come on Corey Seager and you didn’t resign him? That hurts.
Friedman did little signing free agent pitching. Just look how Bellinger did. He fails to pull the trigger when we need it most.