The Texas Rangers’ rough season could open a door for the Toronto Blue Jays, and Corey Seager might be the name that gets it swinging.
Texas looks headed for some serious roster turnover after another disappointing year, and Seager stands out as the obvious place to start if the club decides to trim payroll. He’s one of several older Rangers on big money, alongside Jacob DeGrom and Nathan Eovaldi, but Seager’s deal is the heaviest of the bunch.
That contract is the first thing that jumps off the page. Seager is owed $31.5 million per year through 2031, and that kind of commitment gets scarier when you factor in the injuries. He played only 102 games in 2026, the second straight year he landed in that range, and his .227/.312/.424 line was the worst of his career by a wide margin.
Still, the Blue Jays shouldn’t dismiss the idea outright.
When Seager is healthy, he still brings impact. His .736 OPS in 2026 translated to a 112 OPS+, and even in a down season he would have been Toronto’s best hitter. He was nearly 50% better than league average by OPS+ in 2025, and he picked up down-ballot MVP votes as recently as 2024.
The catch is obvious: Toronto would need to make the money work in a way that helps them, not just Texas. That’s where the Blue Jays’ own bad contracts come into play.
One possible path would be for the Rangers to take on the roughly $70 million still owed to Andrés Giménez over the next three years. The short-term luxury tax hit for Toronto wouldn’t be especially meaningful, and the Blue Jays might even be able to get Texas to chip in some money to soften the later years.
Another possibility is Anthony Santander. If Texas were willing to absorb the rest of his $92 million deal, the remaining three years would actually cost less than what’s left on Giménez’s contract. For Toronto, getting out from under that obligation in a Seager trade would be a huge win.
In the end, the deal only works if the Rangers are ready to take a bad contract back. If the Blue Jays can land a five-time All-Star and clean up one of their own financial mistakes at the same time, Seager starts to look like a gamble worth considering.
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