KANSAS CITY, Mo. -Rougned Odor's early-season struggles present a test for manager Chris Woodward and his process-driven approach.

You can trust the process all you want, but at some point, results matter.

After being dropped in the lineup 10 days ago and benched on Sunday, he was dropped another peg in the batting order to the No. 7 spot for Tuesday's game against Kansas City. It's the first time he's hit lower than sixth since July 13 of last year, a few days before the Rangers told him a minor league demotion was possible. At least for a day, Odor seemed to respond with a pair of hits and a walk.

A day after general manager Jon Daniels hinted that something as drastic as a minor league option would not be out-of-the-question, Woodward acknowledged the same.

"I know it's a results industry," Woodward said. "I always preach process because I know that's the best way to get consistent results. Process breeds results. I want to see results, but all we can do right now is support him and put our arms around him and say keep fighting.

"It's a really tough thing he's going through. I don't know what the future holds, but we'll cross that bridge when and if we feel like we have to. It's a tough one for me, but at some point, if there are no results, you have to make decisions, tough ones, I don't know if we are at that point, but it's something we have to think about, talk about."

Odor began the day hitting .137, the lowest batting average for any player in the majors with at least 100 plate appearances. He missed a little more than two weeks with a knee sprain in mid-April but returned on April 26. He began Tuesday in a 6 for 53 (.113) slump since returning from the injured list.

To streak or not to streak: Triple-A outfielder Willie Calhoun went 2 for 3 Tuesday in a loss to Memphis to push his batting average for the season above .300 for the first time and, in doing so, also extended his hitting streak to 15 games.

Well, maybe.

Calhoun has hit safely in each of the last 15 completed games in which he's played. The hangup: On May 10, Calhoun was hitless with a walk in one at-bat in a game with Oklahoma City, of the Los Angeles organization, that was suspended in the fourth inning.

Calhoun's two hits Tuesday pushed his batting average to .304 with a .973 OPS. Calhoun was 13 for 33 (.394) with a pair of homers, 10 walks and just six strikeouts in his last 10 official games through Tuesday.

Briefly: 2B Rougned Odor wasn't the only struggling Rangers hitter to find himself in an unfamiliar spot in the lineup Tuesday. RF Nomar Mazara hit sixth, the first time since July 24, 2017 he batted that low in the order. ... The Rangers began Tuesday on pace to set the club strikeout record. The Rangers had 378 strikeouts in their first 38 games, a pace for 1,611 strikeouts. The club record of 1,493 was set in 2017. The Rangers, however, are on a nominally better rate of strikeout percentage. They began the day striking out in 25.9 percent of their plate appearances. Last year, at the same time, they were striking out in 26.4 percent. ... OF Scott Heineman, recovering from shoulder surgery, has begun playing in games at extended spring training. ... At Double-A LHP Brock Burke, acquired in the JuricksonProfar trade, has some shoulder fatigue in addition to a blister problem that has troubled him all season. He is expected to be out until sometime in June.

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