The Texas Rangers officially announced a new six-year deal for Rougned Odor on Thursday.

The contract has a club option for 2023, guarantees him at least $49.5 million and also comes with two horses.

The Rangers suggested including the horses in the new contract as a negotiating tactic.

"It's our policy when we make a contract offer, we copy the player on it," Jon Daniels said. "So Rougie has these big numbers in front of him, and he has a poker face. Nothing changed. Then I slid my phone across with a picture of the horses on it, and he said, 'Hey, can you send that to me?' His eyes lit up, and I thought, 'All right, maybe we have a chance.'"

It includes a $2 million signing bonus and a $13.5 million club option for 2023 with a $3 million buyout. Odor's salary will be $1 million this season, and then it will increase to $3 million in 2018 and $7.5 million in 2019. He will make $9 million in 2020 before $12 million in each of the last two years of the contract.

The Rangers have reached an agreement with Rougned Odor on a six-year extension worth $49.5 million, sources confirmed to ESPN's Jerry Crasnick on Saturday.

The deal also includes an option for a seventh year, according to FanRag Sports Network, which first reported the deal.

The 23-year-old Odor, who played for Venezuela during the WBC, had a huge season with the Rangers in 2016, hitting .271 with 33 home runs, 88 RBIs, 89 runs and a .798 OPS. He also had 14 stolen bases.

The Texas Rangers are open to discussing a contract extension with Yu Darvish during the season, according to Jon Daniels.

"Where we left [it] is that either side can privately open it or raise it at any point,"said Daniels, indicating that there isn't much being discussed currently.

Yu Darvish says he is no longer having strange feelings in his elbow when he starts throwing in a new inning or game.

Darvish returned to the Texas Rangers' rotation late last May after missing all of the 2015 season following Tommy John surgery during spring training two years ago.

The right-hander threw 34 of his 59 pitches for strikes in the Rangers' 3-2 loss to the Colorado Rockies.

Adrian Beltre will play for the Dominican Republic in the first round of the World Baseball Classic.

Beltre, 37, missed the first week of games with the Texas Rangers this spring because of a strained left calf, an injury he suffered when working out at home before reporting to camp.

The Dominican Republic plays its first WBC game on Thursday in Miami.