When you’re considering all the young players on the Texas Rangers, and the year of development ahead, you probably don’t think about Rougned Odor. He’s been on the roster for five years now, including the 2015 and 2016 AL West winning squads. There was the famed scuffle with Jose Bautista, and the back-to-back 30 home run seasons. He’s been an essential part of the team for half a decade now.
But here’s the thing: he’s only 25 years old. He’s the same age as Joey Gallo and Jose LeClerc, only one year older than Willie Calhoun and Ronald Guzman, and a year younger than Delino DeShields and prospects Jose Trevino and Scott Heineman.