SEATTLE -- Texas Rangers shortstop Corey Seager will undergo surgery to repair a sports hernia, ending the All-Star shortstop's third season with the team, general manager Chris Young said Thursday.
Seager was examined by doctors in Arizona earlier this week and is expected to undergo the procedure on Friday, Young said. It's the second sports hernia surgery for Seager in the last 12 months, this one on the opposite side of his abdomen from where the first surgery was done.
"Obviously a tough decision but with where we are at this point in the season, felt like it was a prudent decision in order for him to make a full recovery, have a strong offseason and be ready for spring training," Young said ahead of the first of four games against the Mariners.