Rougned Odor

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Rougned Odor
Texas Rangers
Second baseman
Born: (1994-02-03) February 3, 1994
Maracaibo, Zulia, Venezuela
Bats: Left Throws: Right

Rougned Roberto Odor (born February 3, 1994) is a Venezuelan professional baseball player. A second baseman, Odor plays in minor league baseball with the Frisco RoughRiders, the Class AA affiliate of the Texas Rangers of Major League Baseball.

Career

Odor played in the 2009 World Youth Baseball Championship. He was named to the tournament's all-star team as a second baseman.[1]

Odor signed with the Texas Rangers as an international free agent in 2011, receiving a $425,000 signing bonus.[2] The Rangers aggressively assigned him to the Spokane Indians of the Class A-Short Season Northwest League, skipping him past Rookie-level baseball. He was the youngest player in the Northwest League, and had a .262 batting average on the season.[3] In 2012, Odor batted .259 with the Hickory Crawdads of the Class A South Atlantic League.[3]

Odor began the 2013 season with the Myrtle Beach Pelicans of the Class A-Advanced Carolina League, where he had a .303 batting average in 99 games played.[4][5] In August 2013, Odor was promoted to the Frisco RoughRiders of the Class AA Texas League.[6] Odor's emergence with the Rangers allowed them to trade utility infielder Leury Garcia to the Chicago White Sox that month.[4] He finished the season with a .305 batting average with 41 doubles, six triples, 11 home runs, and 78 runs batted in in 130 games for Myrtle Beach and Frisco. The Rangers named Odor their minor league player of the year.[7]

The Rangers invited Odor to spring training in 2014.[7]

Personal

Odor is from Maracaibo.[5] His uncle, Rouglas, is a hitting coach in minor league baseball.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Sedgman, Cassandra (August 24, 2009). "Guy Edmunds named in AA World All-Star Team". Australian Baseball Federation. Archived from the original on September 8, 2009. Retrieved August 24, 2009. 
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 By Evan Drellich / MLB.com. "Rangers agree to deal with shortstop Odor | texasrangers.com: News". Texas.rangers.mlb.com. Retrieved August 22, 2013. 
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 SportsDayDFW.com. "Rangers prospect primer: 2B Rougned Odor rising quickly through Texas' system | Dallasnews.com - News for Dallas, Texas - SportsDayDFW". Dallasnews.com. Retrieved August 22, 2013. 
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Odor's rise makes Garcia expendable | texasrangers.com: News". Texas.rangers.mlb.com. Retrieved August 22, 2013. 
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 "Diario La Verdad - El zuliano Rougned Odor impacta en Doble A". Laverdad.com. Retrieved August 22, 2013. 
  6. ↑ Wills, Todd. "Minors: Sardinas, Odor promoted to Frisco - Dallas Texas Rangers Blog - ESPN Dallas". Espn.go.com. Retrieved August 22, 2013. 
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 Grant, Evan (February 3, 2014). "Texas Rangers will bring second base prodigy Rougned Odor to big league spring training". The Dallas Morning News. Retrieved February 5, 2014. 

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