While there was a general expectation the Los Angeles Dodgers would adjust their active roster for the National League Championship Series, leaving Corey Seager off it was not what many projected.
The 23-year-old was held out of multiple workouts due to a back injury that Dodgers manager Dave Roberts described as a “muscular thing” on the eve of the NLCS beginning. Nonetheless, Roberts said there was optimism Seager would be in the lineup for Game 1.
While there was not any indication at the time, he was injured on a slide into second base during Game 3 of the NL Division Seres.