ARLINGTON -- Pick a stat - any stat - and Rougned Odor has had two absolutely awful offensive months. It doesn't matter what initials you use for whatever advanced metric, he's kicking around the very bottom of the barrel, with the stems and seeds.
OBP: 171 of 172 qualifiers.
OPS: 165.
WOBA (Weighted on-base average): 166.
Still on Saturday night, he remained right where he has been for every game of the 2017 season: in the middle of the Rangers' lineup. He was hitting fifth, right behind Adrian Beltre. And if there is a reason why, at this point, Odor remains in a prime spot, it begins with Beltre.