Do you think there's any chance they pickup his option in 2023? He should at least have proven by now that you can't trust him. My worst fear is that he has an awesome or decent 2022 and we get duped into picking up the option, then we would have to worry about him being extended.wbt5845 said:This has been discussed ad nauseum here.xjrayx said:
I'm just at a loss. I really want to believe that Odor is just a small tweak away from living up to his potential, or at least just being decent and consistent. But it feels like it's just never going to happen at this point.
Those who think Odor is getting so many chances just because he slugged Joey Bats simply are ignorant of the economics of baseball. Same with those who say "aw just bench him" or "just release him".
Doing those things are akin to forfeiting the season. His contract calls for $9 MM this year and $12 MM in 2021 and 2022 (club option in 2023). To flush $33 MM down the toilet would financially handicap the team so harshly as to make other free agent signings unlikely.
The club is just now getting out from underneath the dead money contracts incurred during the pennant runs (the dead money contracts the Astros are signing up for nowadays).
The good new is - with each passing week, the dead money Odor would cost gets a little smaller. At the end of this season, perhaps $24 MM isn't too unreasonable to eat.
What I do not understand is Odor's approach at the plate, The club MUST have him swinging for the fences like he does. Why do the Rangers want him to be something other than what made him good (slap ball hitter, bunt your way on, steal bases - the dirt bag player everyone hates to play against.)?
Why the Rangers play him is obvious to me - why the Rangers have changed his approach at the plate is the great mystery to me.
The big question most fans would like to know and by most fans, I mean the ones I see all over Twitter and hear on radio shows, is when will the Odor headache end?
I think most fans just want to move on from him and shake things up, but are scared ****less that he has some kind of spell over the managers and the players of this team that will end up prolonging our misery.