One of the most productive hitters in baseball over the last three seasons, Texas Rangers second baseman Marcus Semien has not been able to replicate that production in the postseason.

Starting all 12 games for the Rangers in these playoffs, the two-time All-Star has struggled to reach base leading off for the most potent offense in the American League. 

Finishing the regular season slashing .276/.348/.478 with 73 extra-base hits and 100 RBI, Semien has been nonexistent at the plate this postseason with a .192/.276/.231 slash line with two XBH and two RBI in 52 at-bats

While he has experienced a little bad luck with a .217 BABIP, Semien will be the first to tell you he has to do better setting the table for the Rangers, and his bat will be a major key in the World Series. 

While the bat hasn’t been there, the glove certainly has. 

The 33-year-old made numerous plays in the field in the American League Championship Series versus the Houston Astros and solidified why he was announced as a finalist for the AL Gold Glove at second base, an award he won in 2021 with the Toronto Blue Jays.