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Seager walked less, struck out more, and attempted (thought did not succeed at a higher percentage than Mueller) stealing bases more than Mueller.  So my guess is that Seager learns to hit to his environment a bit (if I remember correctly, most of his homeruns were in the second half on something of the order of 4/10 in 2009, and the same I believe was true of his K/BB ratio with it being somethin like 1.0 in the first half and  more like .85 in the second) and didn't mind taking chances on the basepaths to see what he could get away with on the basepaths (generally, I can see a ballplayer being emparrassed of "caught stealing" stats racking up, but maybe Seager was forward thinking enough to experiment where no one would really care?).  Despite his 2 strike outs against a top-5 pitcher (and getting to face 1 riding on talent, 1 pushing himself to the max, and another who's probably top 10 in a series) I'm still excited to see Seager perform over this series, I've liked him since draft day.
By the way, though it won't matter for Seager until 2017, Bill Mueller's first 6 years offensively, he sported a .773 OPS, his last 5 he ran an .827.  That's not to say he didn't degrade in overall value, (UZR has him several negative very negative seasons in that span.).