Corey Seager has been the Rangers' best player for a few years running now, but could the team's super sophomore outfielder overtake him in 2025? Kevin and Zach discuss Wyatt Langford and if he has what it takes to become the best all around player on the team this season.
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00:00Wyatt Langford, you ever know, my contention, just for your consideration, is that everybody
00:22assumes it's going to be Corey Seager offensively.
00:24I get that.
00:26Could Wyatt Langford be the Rangers' best player this year?
00:30Consider this.
00:31He was named the AL Player of the Month in September, and I know this is unreasonable
00:36to expect, but if you took just that September and you extrapolated it out for the entire
00:42year, he would have a season that included 46 home runs, 116 RBIs with a .300 batting
00:48average and a .996 OPS.
00:51Consider this also, Zach.
00:54I don't know why that was adversarial.
00:56Consider this, Kevin.
00:57Okay, that's fair.
00:59So Langford said, I wouldn't say I felt pressure last year in training camp or spring training,
01:06but I definitely was coming in with a goal of making the team and performing well enough
01:10to make the team.
01:11That was kind of what I was going after.
01:13It's a different feeling versus now, getting prepared for the season.
01:16Like all right, this is my season.
01:20Could you see a scenario, and that's not to diminish the awesomeness of Corey Seager.
01:24That is just to encourage the awesomeness of Wyatt Langford in which Wyatt Langford
01:29becomes your best offensive player.
01:32If everyone is healthy, no, I still think Corey Seager would be.
01:36I just think when he's hot, he's arguably the best hitter in baseball.
01:40He really is.
01:41I'm with you on that.
01:42So assuming you have him healthy, I can't say that I think Wyatt would be a better offensive
01:47player.
01:48But here's the difference.
01:49Wyatt's a better base runner.
01:52The speed.
01:53If you look at what Bobby Witt Jr. did last year, like what was that, 30-30 type of dude?
01:56I think Wyatt could be a 30-30 type of dude.
02:00And how quickly has Bobby Witt become one of the top six players in the game-ish?
02:05Top five, in my opinion.