The Yankees have agreed to a minor league deal with veteran infielder , Jon Heyman of the New York Post. The BHSC client can opt out of the contract on July 1 if he hasnt been added to the roster by that point. Odor had signed a deal with the Yomiuri Giants in Japans Nippon Profe sional Baseball back in January, but the league just a couple days ago that hed been released. Its the second Yankees stint for Odor. The now-30-year-old infielder spent the 2021 season in the Bronx and batted .202/.286/.379 with 15 homers in 361 trips to the plate. Hes suited up for the Orioles and Padres since that initial run with the Yankees. Presumably, hell head to Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre and hope to play his way into a return to the big league level. While Odor has a trio of 30-homer seasons under his belt, his offense has tailed off considerably since his run with the Rangers early in his career. The former top prospect hit .238/.295/.445 (95 wRC+) from 2015-19, offsetting much of his above-average power with a free-swinging approach that led to frequently anemic on-base percentages. It was still decent production on the whole, however, and Odor paired that all-or-nothing approach with solid glovework and baserunning skills. Since the 2020 season, things have taken a swift downturn. Odor has tallied 1138 plate appearances in that time, hitting just .199/.274/.371. Hes begun to walk a bit more and slightly improved his strikeout Jace Jung Jersey rate from the 30% at which it sat in 2019. But Odors 7.3% walk rate and 25.7% strikeout rate since 2020 are still worse than average, and his baserunning and defense have begun to decline as well. He still clearly has power against righties, but that comes with low average and OBP marks. His numbers against lefties in this stretch (.187/.273/.337) render him nearly unplayable against same-handed opponents. The Yankees infield is banged up at the moment, however, and it seems theyll be without for longer than expected after he was eventually diagnosed with a fracture in his foot. Back in early March, was shut down entirely for six to eight weeks due to a shoulder strain. Even if hes able to resume baseball activity at the end of that 6-8 week shutdown, hell then need to slowly build back up and head out on a minor league rehab stint. Were not even four weeks from that original shutdown; his return is still quite a ways off. That pair of infield injuries surely contributed to the Yankees late acquisition of utilityman from the Marlins a trade that occurred on the eve of Opening Day. Thats helped soften the blow, but another injury would leave the Yankees relatively thin on infield options. Well-traveled utility infielder is in Triple-A at the moment, as are former prospects like , and . None are on the 40-man roster, however, and none have had any big league succe s to this point. Odor will give the Yanks some additional depth that has more big league experience and some succe s even if its been several years since his last productive MLB campaign. John Hicks Jersey