The 2026 World Series between the Milwaukee Brewers and Tampa Bay Rays is in the rearview mirror and now the MLB offseason is underway. One of the biggest storylines of the winter is the looming potential of a work stoppage. MLB's Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) is set to expire on Dec. 1, and a lockout is widely expected to follow.
Texas Rangers shortstop Corey Seager knows plenty about playing on baseball's biggest stage as a two-time World Series champion and two-time World Series MVP. The 32-year-old, who's one of only four players in MLB history to win multiple World Series MVP awards, talked with Newsweek about this year's Fall Classic, the possible lockout and more topics on Thursday. Seager just finished his 12th MLB season and fifth with Texas after playing the first seven years of his career with the Los Angeles Dodgers.
He said he watched "a little bit" of the Brewers-Rays World Series, which Milwaukee won in five games, and enjoyed seeing two teams compete for their first championship. "I thought it was a really cool World Series just with the fact that neither one of them had won before. That’s something that can be really special for an organization.
I experienced that with the Rangers with just the outpouring of excitement from fans. You kind of had a little glimpse of what they were going through, so it was a pretty exciting time to watch them be able to experience that for sure," Seager said. It’s baseball at the end of the day, so once you get in the playoffs anything can happen.
Those two teams played extremely well. They leaned on their bullpen, they scored runs when they needed to and you know, crazy things happen. It was a fun ride I’m sure for both of them and it was an exciting postseason." The five-time All-Star underwent surgery on his right elbow in early October but said Thursday that thus far, his rehab has been "going pretty smooth." Seager is hopeful that the 2027 MLB season can begin on time amid a potential lockout.
"(Starting the season on time) is always the goal. That’s what we train for," he said. "We’re expecting to report to spring training like normal and hopefully these economics can get worked out and keep baseball growing and just progressing.
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