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Kyle Seager Undergoes Surgery For Injured Tendon

By Jeff Todd | March 14, 2019 at 1:45pm CDT

March 14: Seager will miss 10 to 12 weeks following the procedure, general manager Jerry Dipoto told reporters (link via Johns). He won’t swing a bat for the next eight weeks and isn’t likely to return to the field before June.

March 11: Mariners third baseman Kyle Seager is slated to undergo surgery to repair an injured tendon in his left hand, MLB.com’s Greg Johns was among those to report (Twitter links). He’s expected to be sidelined for all of April, at least, with a precise timeline as yet unknown.

Seager had been preparing for what he hoped to be a bounceback season at the plate. Now, the 31-year-old will need to overcome a physical obstacle before he has a chance to show that his forgettable 2018 season was just a down year.

Durability has never been an issue for Seager, who has never been placed on the disabled list during his eight-year MLB career. He will be among the first players to go on the newly-dubbed injured list, however, and will therefore fall shy of 154 games played for the first time since his first full season in the majors back in 2012.

Seager had also always been an above-average big league hitter until running into trouble last year. He ended the season with an ugly .221/.273/.400 slash and 22 home runs in 630 plate appearances — a far cry from the .263/.332/.447 line he carried entering the season.

There were some indications that poor fortune played a role in that decline. Seager carried a career-low .251 BABIP despite what Statcast categorized as a 39.6% hard contact rate. His .288 wOBA lagged his .306 xwOBA, though that still fell well shy of his prior levels.

Worryingly, Seager also saw changes in his plate discipline. He struck out at a career-high 21.9% rate while walking at a career-low 6.0% clip. On the bright side, Seager’s power was down from his prior four seasons, though his .178 isolated power mark wasn’t too far off of his .183 career rate.

There were also mixed signals defensively. Seager continued to receive quality grades from Ultimate Zone Rating for his glovework. The opposite was true of the Defensive Runs Saved system, which has swung wildly and not seen eye to eye with UZR on Seager over the years.

Ryon Healy will step in at the hot corner for the meantime, per skipper Scott Servais (also via Johns, on Twitter). Missing out on a month or more of Seager’s contributions represents less-than-promising news for the M’s, though the club has already made clear it doesn’t expect to push for a postseason spot this year. With $56MM committed to Seager over the next three seasons, the Seattle organization will be concerned mostly with his ability to regain his form with the bat once he is back at full health.

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  1. 24TheKid

    2 years ago

    Well, he misses April every season, but his injury is indeed unfortunate.

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    • yamsi1912

      2 years ago

      …….even though he plays every game.

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      • 24TheKid

        2 years ago

        And you haven’t watched Mariner baseball the last 6 years…

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        • A'sfaninLondonUK

          2 years ago

          Being nice to a divisional rival twice in an evening is a stretch but Kyle Seager is a proper professional. His dislike of April is well noted but the fact that he averaged a mere 157 games a season at 3B suggests his approach has merit.

          According to his twitter feed his days off last season involved gator wrestling, shark baiting, sky diving, base jumping and knit one pearl one (each activity taken twice daily) in order to say in tip-top shape.

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        • Ironman_4life

          2 years ago

          I have. He has missed no games in April. Hes averaged 157 games a season the last 6 years. Watch some baseball man.

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        • 24TheKid

          2 years ago

          You don’t at all understand the joke, which in turn is funnier than the joke itself.

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        • throwinched10

          2 years ago

          I’ll step in and solve this equation. Yes he plays every game but he might as well not because he puts up horrible numbers in April (the beginning) of each season.

          To sum it up, physically he plays every game, but based on results, he doesn’t.

          I am here all week folks.

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        • yamsi1912

          2 years ago

          Winner winner chicken dinner.

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        • scrapthenickname

          2 years ago

          Your “joke” wasn’t funny. Don’t you get that? Maybe please stop trying so hard.

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        • 24TheKid

          2 years ago

          Just because you didn’t like the joke, it does not mean nobody else did lol.

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        • Danny

          2 years ago

          scrapyourcomments

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        • srechter

          2 years ago

          Scrap’s comment is the only real reason I miss downvotes.

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        • giveemthecurve

          2 years ago

          I liked it.

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        • kmert

          2 years ago

          I thought it was funny

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        • dixoncayne

          2 years ago

          This is a waste of time

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    • Ketch

      2 years ago

      He’s missed 32 games since opening day, 2012.

      Have the Mariners only played 32 games in April over the last 7 seasons? Talk about an imbalanced schedule…

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      • bastros88

        2 years ago

        it’s why they keep missing the playoffs, they only play 4 or 5 games in April

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        • 24TheKid

          2 years ago

          Only Mariner fans will understand.

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        • Danny

          2 years ago

          Exactly

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        • macstruts

          2 years ago

          And sometimes people are too close to the Mariners and see things that are not there.

          OPSs in April for Seagar 742
          OPS in Aug 721
          OPS in Sept 735

          Lifetime OPS 765.

          Seagar is who Seagar is.

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        • 24TheKid

          2 years ago

          It’s just a joke, you all don’t have to take it so literally.

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        • ayrbhoy

          2 years ago

          Seagar? Who’s that? Is that the nickname for Edgar Martinez and Kyle Seager?

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    • 21.rj

      2 years ago

      Zinger!

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    • Danny

      2 years ago

      If you were a Mariners fan you’d know Seager performs horribly in April. Usually always catches fire July-September. But yes throw all the stats of how many games he missed. That was not the point

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    • bigdaddyhacks

      2 years ago

      I honestly lold

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    • mariners116

      2 years ago

      Underrated haha

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  2. SargentDownvote

    2 years ago

    dammit Kyle, stop playing so hard… and stop running with your hands!!!

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    • leon willis

      2 years ago

      Good work.

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  3. ThePriceWasRight

    2 years ago

    wonder if this opens a spot for D. Vogelbach to start at 1B or DH now. Him and Edwin are horrible with the glove but V has nothing left to prove in the PCL

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    • terry

      2 years ago

      Vogelbach would have to make the team or be DFA’d no matter what happened to Seager. He’s out of options. Probably saved Healy from being sent down since he does have options.

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    • Stevil

      2 years ago

      No, it doesn’t open a spot for Vogelbach…Dipoto already stated he was making the team. This injury keeps Healy from being optioned to Tacoma, at least initially.

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      • compassrose

        2 years ago

        Can we please stop with the Vogelbach experiment? Jerry you lost in the deal he sucks time to move on.

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  4. timewalk42

    2 years ago

    Let hope not time to move on from Dan

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  5. Rumncoke

    2 years ago

    cut him

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  6. Daver520

    2 years ago

    ****Injured List

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  7. Scrap1ron

    2 years ago

    The Seager boys are having a rough go of it lately.

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    • Dag Gummit

      2 years ago

      Especially Justin. Poor guy was just never quite the ballplayer his brothers were. I don’t know where he is at this stage in his life, but I can figure he’s finished off college and entering the next stage in his life.

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  8. damon389

    2 years ago

    Oooh boy, the M’s are in for a rare treat seeing Ryon Healy play 3B.

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  9. sacball

    2 years ago

    Ryon Healy’s range at 3B…..lol

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    • canocorn

      2 years ago

      Cue image of Healy flipping pancakes near 3B

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  10. 54scooterb

    2 years ago

    Seattle was playing the Cubs on MLB NETWORK. At first the announcers mention a jammed finger. Guess not.

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  11. lovableschmuck

    2 years ago

    Healy at 3B makes Edgar Martinez looks like Brooks Robinson in comparison.

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    • muskie73

      2 years ago

      Edgar Martinez was a decent defensive third baseman:

      youtube.com/watch?v=cUAaBK5FkRY

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      • 22Leo

        2 years ago

        That’s why he was primarily a designated hitter.

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        • Dag Gummit

          2 years ago

          He was primarily a DH because he was a glass cannon. Even while DHing, he’d frequently get banged up. His last ever start at 3B (1996) resulted in him and catcher, John Marzano, colliding on a pop up and both going on the DL.

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  12. BenjiB24

    2 years ago

    I’m thinking Seager probably won’t be back until the All Star break

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  13. braves95

    2 years ago

    TFW when you get rid of Ryon Healy cause he no longer had 3B eligibility entering the 2019 season….

    JayZwhoops.gif

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  14. bradthebluefish

    2 years ago

    Only 3 more years until he’s gone. Can’t believe he makes close to $20MM. Sorry to hear about the injury.

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    • muskie73

      2 years ago

      Steamer600, which assumes 600 plate appearances for each hitter, projected Kyle Seager with a 2019 WAR of 2.6, which last year was valued at just under $21 million. Seager has averaged 663 plate appearances per year over the past seven seasons.

      The injury is likely to prevent Seager from earning his $19.5 million salary this year.

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      • 22Leo

        2 years ago

        The Mariners really don’t matter anyway.

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