The Rangers have made a series of moves, per a team announcement. The club reinstated shortstop Elvis Andrus and reliever Brett Martin from the 10-day injured list, placed second baseman Rougned Odor on the 10-day IL with an eye infection, selected outfielder Eli White and recalled infielder Anderson Tejeda.
Andrus is returning after landing on the IL on Aug. 20 with a lower back strain. The 31-year-old hit an ugly .184/.244/.250 in 82 plate appearances before then, and he won’t have his double-play partner, Odor, around upon his return. Odor, like Andrus, has gotten off to a difficult start this year. His IL placement is retroactive to Aug. 28.
White, 26, looks to be in line for his major league debut four years after the Athletics chose him in the 11th round of the 2016 draft. He joined the Rangers in the division rivals’ pre-2019 trade that Jurickson Profar and Emilio Pagan headlined. White reached the Triple-A level for the first time in his initial season in the Texas organization, but he only managed a .253/.337/.418 line with 14 home runs and 14 stolen bases across 499 plate appearances. He ranked as FanGraphs’ 37th-best Rangers prospect before the current campaign.
So that’s why Rougned Odor can’t hit. He’s had an eye infection for the last 3 years.
Anyone check if umps have an unusually high number of eye infections?
That’s hilarious. Big contract got in his eyes
I dont know about that. There’s a Blu Jay OF that got his clock rung by him.
Haha awesome
Unlike Odor, I actually want Elvis to bounce back to his 2017, pre Kenyan Middleton 2018 status. I think that whenever he is doing good, this team starts to click. Get him producing with Choo, Solak, IKF, Gallo, Taveras, Guzman, and Trevino. We aren’t world beaters, but we might play a few interesting games for the rest of this depressing season.
Kumar 2021!
And traded Lance Lynn… oh wait.
Totally stoked to see Eli White play some for us. Wirh Gallo Leody and Eli it will an elite outfield defensively… Now if only we could hit our body weight.
Chris44- Like the Retro Rangers logo
Can we put Odor on an indefinite IL for the eye infection?
I was thinking the rangers should’ve thrown him into the Mike Minor trade for free – kinda like a Thank You card 🙂