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Scott · 08-08-2009, 04:31 AM

Hmm, could Texas be in on it?

jgarcia · 08-08-2009, 05:36 AM

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	Hmm, could Texas be in on it?

I was thinking the same thing.

VanCitySportsGuy · 08-08-2009, 06:34 AM

Another horrible contract by JP........

Rios has the lowest Baseball IQ of any player. The SABR community is high on his D, but from watching almost every inning I would disagree. He misplays routine fly balls and some of his throws are way off line.

The OF is set once Snider gets called up so I would punt Rios. There's always the chance Rios goes back to being the 06 version of Rios but I would rather let another team pay him and see if it happens.

Travis40 · 08-08-2009, 07:11 AM

The last thing Texas needs is another guy who can't get on base, and swings at everything. As a Texas fan, I'm tired of seeing Kinsler, Hamilton, Jones, Byrd, etc swing at bad pitch after bad pitch, and it would just get worse if Rios was in the lineup...plus, Texas doesn't have room for Rios, and doesn't have the money.

I'd be so pissed if Jon Daniels decided to go after him.

SPTO · 08-08-2009, 11:53 AM

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	Another horrible contract by JP........ Rios has the lowest Baseball IQ of any player. The SABR community is high on his D, but from watching almost every inning I would disagree. He misplays routine fly balls and some of his throws are way off line. The OF is set once Snider gets called up so I would punt Rios. There's always the chance Rios goes back to being the 06 version of Rios but I would rather let another team pay him and see if it happens.

A couple things here.

1. As you know I hate JP as much as the next guy but let's put some perspective to this, the Rios contract was a good one when it was initially signed. Rios was a guy on the rise and the Jays did well to lock him up long term. In retrospect, there were signs of Rios' lack of baseball IQ and rather laisez faire attitude to the game but it was hidden by the upside he possessed. I clearly remember EVERYONE praising JP for locking Rios up so let's not cry about it because he turned into a pumpkin.

2. I agree about the OF though I wonder if the Jays will experiment with Lind or Snider playing some 1B next season as we all know Lyle Overbay only has one more year left on his contract and well, he isn't exactly the prototypical 1B offensively.

CMH · 08-08-2009, 02:33 PM

Toronto has to let him go if he was claimed. Letting Wells go allows them to reconsider keeping Halladay.

duke776 · 08-10-2009, 07:37 PM

The White Sox acquired Rios today. It looks like the Jays just dumped him on the White Sox without getting anything in return.

sabresfan · 08-10-2009, 07:46 PM

Jeez, I know he had a relatively big contract but I just can't think of any situation in which giving up a potential 5-tool player is a good idea. He may never be quite the player we all think he can be, but I still think if you waited until the winter meetings you might have at least got a prospect or something back from it.

08-08-2009, 04:31 AM	#17
Scott Your Go-to TV Expert OVR: 52 Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Denver, CO Posts: 19,944 Blog Entries: 81	Re: Waiver claim placed on Alex Rios Hmm, could Texas be in on it? __________________ PSN-Shugarooo Steam-ScottM.816 Twitch.tv/Shugarooo Want to follow my Franchises? Join my discord: https://discord.gg/nHbNCWmmGs

08-08-2009, 06:34 AM	#19
VanCitySportsGuy NYG_Meth OVR: 23 Join Date: Feb 2003 Posts: 9,351	Re: Waiver claim placed on Alex Rios Another horrible contract by JP........ Rios has the lowest Baseball IQ of any player. The SABR community is high on his D, but from watching almost every inning I would disagree. He misplays routine fly balls and some of his throws are way off line. The OF is set once Snider gets called up so I would punt Rios. There's always the chance Rios goes back to being the 06 version of Rios but I would rather let another team pay him and see if it happens.

08-08-2009, 07:11 AM	#20
Travis40 MVP OVR: 7 Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Tulsa, Oklahoma	Re: Waiver claim placed on Alex Rios The last thing Texas needs is another guy who can't get on base, and swings at everything. As a Texas fan, I'm tired of seeing Kinsler, Hamilton, Jones, Byrd, etc swing at bad pitch after bad pitch, and it would just get worse if Rios was in the lineup...plus, Texas doesn't have room for Rios, and doesn't have the money. I'd be so pissed if Jon Daniels decided to go after him.

08-08-2009, 02:33 PM	#22
CMH Making you famous OVR: 46 Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Ormond Beach, FL Posts: 26,235 Blog Entries: 1	Re: Waiver claim placed on Alex Rios Toronto has to let him go if he was claimed. Letting Wells go allows them to reconsider keeping Halladay. __________________ "It may well be that we spectators, who are not divinely gifted as athletes, are the only ones able to truly see, articulate and animate the experience of the gift we are denied. And that those who receive and act out the gift of athletic genius must, perforce, be blind and dumb about it -- and not because blindness and dumbness are the price of the gift, but because they are its essence." - David Foster Wallace "You'll not find more penny-wise/pound-foolish behavior than in Major League Baseball." - Rob Neyer

08-10-2009, 07:37 PM	#23
duke776 MVP OVR: 28 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Cincinnati Posts: 3,055 Blog Entries: 2	Re: Waiver claim placed on Alex Rios The White Sox acquired Rios today. It looks like the Jays just dumped him on the White Sox without getting anything in return.

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08-10-2009, 07:46 PM	#24
sabresfan Rookie OVR: 5 Join Date: Jul 2003	Re: Waiver claim placed on Alex Rios Jeez, I know he had a relatively big contract but I just can't think of any situation in which giving up a potential 5-tool player is a good idea. He may never be quite the player we all think he can be, but I still think if you waited until the winter meetings you might have at least got a prospect or something back from it.

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