MLB: The player who left the Orioles almost free and that Rangers will have to pay 15 million dollars for him

Venezuelan second baseman Rougned Odor28 years old and 1.80 meters tall, for example, it will not really cost the Baltimore Orioles nothing more than a minimum wage, according to data from journalist Mark Polishuk of MLB Trade Rumors.

The Texas Rangers remain responsible for the rest of the $15.3 million ($12.3 million in 2022 salary$3 million for his 2023 option purchase) owed to Odor, under the terms of Texas’ original extension with the infielder in March 2017:

Price might have been a bigger factor than on-field performance for the Orioles, since since wins and losses aren’t important to a team not trying to compete, getting Odor for next to nothing might be preferable to giving guarantees. more significant as money to Colombian Donovan Solano in a one-year contract.

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Odor in 2017, who signed said contract with Rangers, earned 1.3 million dollars, in 2018 it rose to 3.3, while in 2019 he obtained 7.8 and in 2020 a total of 9.3. Already in 2021 he went to the New York Yankees with the original salary of 12.3 million dollars from Rangers, who paid 11.7 of that amount.


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I am a fan of the King of Sports, especially the Boston Red Sox in MLB and all Mexican baseball in general. This profession has given me the opportunity to cover major events such as the Caribbean Series, LMB All Star, LMP (uninterruptedly since 2009), signatures of important players. I had the chance to attend the 2013 World Classic in Arizona, USA, although as a fan. Apart from this beautiful sport, I love basketball, where I have also narrated games and even an NBA friendly 10 years ago, but I have baseball in my veins. Degree in Communication Sciences from the Autonomous University of Sinaloa (UAS) , from which I graduated in 2011. I was born in Mazatlán, Sinaloa and started in the world of sports journalism in 2004 in the newspaper El Sol de Mazatlán, where I was a baseball columnist and a reporter at the same time. In January 2009 I arrived at El Debate as a journalist reporter and it was almost six years (in the first stage), until in November 2014 I emigrated to the radio providing my services at Línea Directa-Grupo RSN. My cycle there ended in July 2019 and a few days later, El Debate gave me another opportunity to work and opened the doors for me again. This is how I came to Al Bat, where I have been since 2019 as a web journalist.

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MLB: The player who left the Orioles almost free and that Rangers will have to pay 15 million dollars for him