Rougned Odor, 23, second baseman for the Texas Rangers, (6yr-49.5M) from 2017-2022 and Jose Ramirez, 25, 2B-3B for the Cleveland Indians (5yr-26M) for 2017-2021 were coming off very good seasons in 2016, that prompted their teams to lock them up.
The 2017 season saw, Jose Ramirez, become an All Star and perhaps the best player on the Central Division champs, Cleveland Indians, while Rougned Odor, had a nightmarish season putting up bad offensive numbers and providing below-average glove work.
wRC+ is a measure of offense adjusted for park and league. 100 is average. Odor was 39% below average while Ramirez came in at 48% above average. He had a negative WAR, while Ramirez accumulated 6.6 which was the 8th best total in MLB. WAR is the total contribution of a player to his team. The Rangers 2B hit 30 HR's but became a one-dimensional player hitting .168 avg on the road and .145 against left-handed pitching. The last 2 years combined, Rougned had a total of 52 walks and 297 K's in 1283 plate appearances, while Ramirez compiled 96 walks and 131 K's in 1263 PA. Ninety percent of his HR's (27 of 30) were to RF.
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| All Star Jose Ramirez (zimbio.com |
Rougned Odor, took a couple steps back this year. He needs to clear his head, make adjustments, change his approach at the plate and he can still be a good player. Jose Ramirez, clearly the much better player now, provides his team high-caliber play at 2B, 3B and even SS, while Odor is strictly a second baseman. The Indians have an excellent player with a team-friendly contract while the Rangers have a lot of question marks about their overpaid infielder.
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