It’s not that Rougned Odor has never hit an opposite-field run in a major-league. He has.
But the left-handed hitter has gone deep to left field only six times in his career, which started in 2014. Of the other 100 homers he has it, 87 have been pulled to right field.
Odor, though, hit is second opposite-field homer of the spring Wednesday, and the emergence of his opposite-field pop is the result of combining his improved patience at the plate with trusting his hands.
“I’m just trying to stay in the same approach I had at the end of last year, and I’m trying to stay on it,” Odor said.