Horseback riding an offseason hit with Odor

ARLINGTON — The Rangers have a four-month wait until pitchers and catchers report for Spring Training, and their players have scattered around the globe to get away from baseball.

Each player has his own way of relaxing. It’s a good bet that Mitch Moreland is somewhere fishing or hunting, Colby Lewis is either on a bicycle or tinkering on a car, Martin Perez is cooking dinner for family and friends, A.J. Griffin is strumming his guitar and Derek Hollandis probably watching the Dallas Stars hockey team.

Rougned Odor? He is probably on one of his horses somewhere in the Maracaibo Basin near his home in Venezuela or at Alex Cabrera’s La Pelotera Ranch in Valencia, the country’s third largest city.

“My family from my mom’s side has a ranch, my grandpa and my uncles,” Odor said. “It’s not far from where I live in Maracaibo. Every time on the weekend or when we can, we go there and stay a couple of days, and spend time with my family. That’s where I go to ride.”

Horseback riding is Odor’s offseason passion. He owns four horses that he …

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