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ARLINGTON, Texas — The Atlanta Braves, Toronto Blue Jays, New York Yankees, and Boston Red Sox could fit Corey Seager as the Texas Rangers explore trading the shortstop, Ken Rosenthal of The Athletic wrote Tuesday. Rosenthal reported that Texas intends to explore a Seager trade at this week’s general managers’ meetings in Las Vegas. He raised the four clubs as possibilities in his analysis and did not report talks with any of them.
Seager has full no-trade protection after reaching 10 years of major league service with the last five in Texas. Rosenthal wrote that whether Seager would approve a trade to any of the four is not known. Seager is owed $155 million over the next five seasons, and he turns 33 on April 27.
Atlanta Braves And Toronto Blue Jays Ranked Near The Bottom In Shortstop OPS
Rosenthal described shortstop as a glaring need for Atlanta. He also wrote that the Blue Jays ranked 28th in the majors in OPS from the shortstop position in 2026, just ahead of the Braves.
The Braves have Austin Riley at third base under contract through 2032. Rosenthal wrote that Atlanta could not plan on moving Seager to third later and would have to weigh how long he could remain at shortstop.
At the Aug. 3 trade deadline, Jacob deGrom used his own no-trade clause to block a deal that would have sent him from Texas to Atlanta, according to Rosenthal. Toronto’s Andrés Giménez was an American League Gold Glove finalist at shortstop this year.
New York Yankees, Boston Red Sox Would Face Position Questions
The Yankees passed on Seager when he was a free agent during the 2021-22 offseason, Rosenthal noted, but could use him at third base now. That would require Seager to change positions right away, as Alex Rodriguez did after Texas traded him to New York in February 2004. Seager has played six major league games at third base, all with the Los Angeles Dodgers in 2015.
Boston has shown interest in Seager before, Rosenthal wrote, and has not committed to Trevor Story as its shortstop for 2027. Third baseman Caleb Durbin won his first Gold Glove this month after the Red Sox acquired him from the Milwaukee Brewers in February. Durbin led American League third basemen with 13 Defensive Runs Saved, MLB.com reported.
Rosenthal wrote that Durbin can also play second base and that top prospect Franklin Arias could replace Story at some point. He also wrote that he had difficulty picturing the low-key Seager being comfortable in New York or Boston.
In December 2025, Evan Grant of The Dallas Morning News reported that the Yankees, Red Sox, and Braves had inquired about Seager, but that the Rangers had not had meaningful trade talks. Rangers president of baseball operations Chris Young said that month that Texas was not shopping Seager.
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