Dallas Morning News · Mar 17, 2018
Is Rougned Odor returning to his old ways?
The strikeouts are piling up for Rougned Odor in the last week.
Odor struck out in all three at-bats Friday, chasing two pitches well out of the strike zone in the process. Over his last seven games, he has 11 strikeouts in 21 at-bats with just three hits and a walk. Odor had four walks in his first seven games while tracking a lot of pitches to try to adopt a more patient approach.
“When a guy is coming off what everybody considers a down year, you watch all the moves,” Rangers manager Jeff Banister said. “Early, it looked like he was taking a lot of pitches. Right now, if anything, it looks like he is a little in-between on timing. Concerned? I’m not concerned yet.”