It started in the top of the ninth inning on October 3rd. Mariners fans were appraising and cheering for Kyle Seager on a very emotional day for everyone. The Mariners had just learned that they wouldn’t make the playoffs, and mariners skipper Scott Servais removed Seager from the game. The full video is below:
Many people expected that Kyle Seager might leave Seattle and possibly join the Rangers with his brother, but instead, the 34-year old third baseman has decided to hang it up after an illustrious 11-year career with the Seattle Mariners.
The 34-year-old’s retirement comes after hitting free agency for the first time in his career when the Mariners declined their club option on a $100 million contract signed in 2014. It’s unclear how much interest he was seeing on the open market before the MLB lockout shut down all negotiations, and now we’ll never find out. The announcement by Seager might have been best because it would have been difficult to watch him play in any other uniform.
Hall of Fame Worthy?
Kyle Seager may definitely join the Seattle Mariners hall of fame, but his numbers are not Cooperstown bound. Though we will have to wait six years to see what the voters think. Seager, 34, had 35 home runs and 101 RBIs last season for Seattle. Overall, he had 242 homers, 807 RBIs, and had a .251 batting average. In 2020, Kyle and Corey both hit home runs in a game while facing each other. It marked the first time that two brothers on opposing teams homered in the same game since Felipe and Cesar Crespo did it on June 7, 2001.
Kyle made his debut for the Mariners in 2011, and went on to be a franchise player for the Mariners under two different ownerships and GMs.
The Mariners have still not found their replacement for Seager, but we shall see what Dipoto and Seager do in the spring.
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