If this thread was called the Alex Rios appreciation thread it would be longer than 2 pages already .

That is said around here quite a bit and I just don't buy it. He was a great, great player from 2006-08 - the Jays didn't give him that huge contact based on one season. He was having a bit of a down year in 2009 when the Sox claimed him, and then everything went south when he got to the Sox for whatever reason. He was good in 2010, and then he looked absolutely horrendous last year and because his swing was so tight, choppy, and mechanical. Not only is he standing straighter this year, but he looks smoother at the plate too.

 

It really isn't a coincidence that when Rios plays well, the Sox play well. There have been a ton of other contributors this season as well, but he's as valuable, if not moreso, than anybody on the team when he's playing well.

 

There's really no logical reason to be an every other year player. If someone could provide a cause for why he has had this go on in the past few years, I might take it more seriously. For now, I just can't.

That is said around here quite a bit and I just don't buy it. He was a great, great player from 2006-08 - the Jays didn't give him that huge contact based on one season. He was having a bit of a down year in 2009 when the Sox claimed him, and then everything went south when he got to the Sox for whatever reason. He was good in 2010, and then he looked absolutely horrendous last year and because his swing was so tight, choppy, and mechanical. Not only is he standing straighter this year, but he looks smoother at the plate too.

 

It really isn't a coincidence that when Rios plays well, the Sox play well. There have been a ton of other contributors this season as well, but he's as valuable, if not moreso, than anybody on the team when he's playing well.

I dont understand what you are saying here, are you saying he's NOT an every other year player? Because if you look at his stats its support by every year but one. Its extremely consistent.

 

Because Im lazy and tired lets just use BA

.286

.262

.302

.297 (the one year he didnt go back down)

.291

.247

.284

.227

.305

Edited June 29, 201213 yr by RockRaines

I dont understand what you are saying here, are you saying he's NOT an every other year player? Because if you look at his stats its support by every year but one. Its extremely consistent.

 

Because Im lazy and tired lets just use BA

.286

.262

.302

.297 (the one year he didnt go back down)

.291

.247

.284

.227

.305

 

That is three straight successful seasons, and 4 out of 5

There's really no logical reason to be an every other year player. If someone could provide a cause for why he has had this go on in the past few years, I might take it more seriously. For now, I just can't.

 

See: Bret Saberhagen

I dont understand what you are saying here, are you saying he's NOT an every other year player? Because if you look at his stats its support by every year but one. Its extremely consistent.

 

Because Im lazy and tired lets just use BA

.286

.262

.302

.297 (the one year he didnt go back down)

.291

.247

.284

.227

.305

 

That's precisely what I'm saying, and using average is very lazy when you could have just used OPS to debunk your own argument.

 

.720

.703

.865

.852

.798

.691

.791

.613

.835

 

That looks like 2 very mediocre years to start the career (regardless of average and the fact that he was developing as a hitter), 3 good years in a row, and then he's gone back and forth the last 4. Maybe 4 out of 9 is a trend for you, but I don't consider it to be.