After 63 seasons before first title, Rangers set up for another run with Seager, Semien and Bochy
Corey Seager and Marcus Semien are really just getting started with the Texas Rangers, and already have a World Series championship together with a franchise that had never won one.
The Rangers, their half-billion dollar middle infield and their almost-certain Hall of Fame manager Bruce Bochy, who just won his fourth title after coming out of retirement, should be all set to contend again next season.
Their long-term plan may have resulted in a title quicker than anyone could have expected, but it was never about a one-and-done run for the franchise that waited 63 seasons – the last 52 in Texas – to hoist the World Series trophy.
“A lot of trust from them to me and me to them, and a lot of trust for Marcus to come, a lot of trust for Jon (Gray) – all these guys that came here and had the same vision,” Seager said. “It’s pretty cool to see it through.”
Seager is only two seasons into the $325 million, 10-year deal the now two-time World Series MVP signed in free agency two winters ago with Texas coming off a 102-loss season, at the same time Semien got $175 million for seven years and right-hander Gray $56 million for four years. Then last offseason, after another 94 losses, Bochy was hired and the rotation bolstered with two-time Cy Young Award winner Jacob deGrom, right-hander and Texas native Nathan Eovaldi and Andrew Heaney on multiyear deals.
