ARLINGTON -- Rangers second baseman Rougned Odor said he doesn't regret declining to take paternity leave after his girlfriend Liusca Criollo gave birth to a daughter, Emma Valentina, on Sunday morning.
Odor had the option to miss up to three games on paternity leave and be replaced on the roster. But he elected to stay active, even though he was operating on relatively little rest. Odor strained his left hamstring in the first inning of Monday's game and is expected to miss at least three weeks.
"We hadn't been playing how we want," Odor said.