The proof is in the pudding as far as his production goes. Not exactly how we'd like it, but he's putting runs on the board.
Seager is responsible for a pretty significant portion of our runs scored. He does that by making sure he's not stuck at first base when he does get on. Before today's game Seager had 106 hits, 53 singles and 53 extra base hits. He's helped make up for a lack of hits by also walking 52 times.
Jeff at SSI used to tout three offensive stats, which in my opinion, along with OPS, tell the story of a players production.
Those were ISO, Total Bases, and the third was R/9 or R27, basically how many runs was that player responsible for per 27 outs.
- When you look at Total Bases, Seager ranks 36th in MLB (that's 2 spots behind M. Machado and 1 spot ahead of C. Correa)
- When you look at ISO, Seager ranks 35th in MLB (JD Martinez, G. Stanton, J. Donaldson, M. Haniger all just behind him)
- R27 I can no longer find anywhere, but he would likely be among the best there as well.
- His OPS is a conundrum, overall he's ranked 106th (before today), but in Away games his OPS is .843, which is ranked 40th in MLB.
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