You're probably familiar with the expression that goes "Don't let the Odor hit you in the [expletive] on the way out." Is that not how it goes? Well, at least, in that version of it Texas 2B Rougned Odor is hitting SOMETHING. I’m rapidly losing faith in Texas 2B Odor being able to turn it around this year, and he might be on his way out of my lineup at this point. After going 0-3, K against Cleveland last night, the woefully low wRC+ of 54 he has tells me it’s OK to be angry at how little he’s producing in what is theoretically an extremely potent Rangers order. Admittedly, a .233 BABIP lends a little hope to his currently bleak fantasy landscape. But the fact is Odor has batted so poorly that he recently got demoted in the order from fifth to the 7-spot, which doesn’t do his run/RBI chances any good. And while his hard contact rate is up, so is his whiff rate. Twelve homers unfortunately don’t make up for what he’s failing to do otherwise. Contact in the zone and contact in general are down, so I don’t know how much more patience I can recommend when his .205 average might actually be contributing to you losing a category. He’s especially wretched against changeups and sliders, so absolutely bench him against SP with those pitches featuring prominently in their arsenals. Let’s hope Odor can channel 2015, when his second-half splits were decidedly better.
Let's take a look at what else happened notably hitting-wise around the league:
Would you drop Ian Happ or Mallex for Michael Taylor?
Is there no hitterlist out this week?