Per a team release, the Rangers have placed 2B Rougned Odor on the 10-Day IL with a right knee sprain. IF/OF Danny Santana was selected to the 40-man from AAA-Nashville and will join the club in his place. To make room for Santana, the club moved righty Edinson Volquez to the 60-day IL. Per Jeff Wilson of the Fort-Worth Star-Tribune, Odor will miss “at least” two weeks of action.
Odor, 25, was off to a dreadful start at the plate this season for Texas, slashing .167/.255/.214 over his first 47 plate appearances. He rebounded with a solid .253/.326/.424 (97 wRC+, 2.5fWAR) 2018 after an awful showing the previous season; perhaps most encouragingly for the six-year vet, he nearly doubled his career-best walk rate, to 8.0%, and ranked among the best in the league with an outstanding 45% hard-hit rate. Odor’s shown an even further increase in plate discipline this season, so perhaps the early-season malaise can be chalked simply up to small-sample bad luck.
Santana, 28, was off to a strong start for AAA-Nashville over his first 40 plate appearances, but hasn’t hit much – in the minors or majors – since a .319/.353/.472 (132 wRC+) showing in 430 PAs for Minnesota in 2014, a performance fueled by a startling .405 BABIP. He has experience at nearly every position on the diamond, though, and should infuse a thin Ranger roster with some much-needed flexibility.
He’s streaky and was already in a bad streak. Won’t hurt us at all.
I can think of another word that starts with S and ends with Y that describes him.
Second-basey?
Are you saying Odor is stinky?
Smack-Jose’s-face-y?
Haha
CursedRangers meant Sissy.
Odor extension beginning to look bad.
Beginning? He’s basically a league average 2b at best. He has power, if you are willing to overlook his awful BB/K rate on a team that already has plenty of Ks. No season with a OPS+ over 107 and/or OBP over .330. Bad at signing and looking worse. But hey, he’s still young I guess.
I can’t understand Mr Odor. Two years of back to back 30 home run seasons. Granted he put up 2.7 bwar last years but he just if still just off. Still only 25 despite being in the league for 6 years.
Can’t understand how Danny Santana continues to get opportunities. I mean, great for him, but he can’t hit and can’t field. A good couple months fueled entirely from luck sure does go a long ways in MLB, haha.