An angry mob has awaited Rougned Odor all season long. His 2017 season was bad enough, but his continued poor play into 2018 immediately had fans calling for his job. It didn’t help that he had signed a generous contract extension in the 2017 offseason. The Texas Rangers appeared to have wasted long-term money on a guy who could not hold his own at the major league level.
Though, perhaps the most frustrating part of Odor’s game was his inability to adjust. At-bat after at-bat, the Rangers second baseman flailed at fastballs up in the strike zone or curveballs in the dirt.