Rios, Alex

- Outfield, Chicago White Sox

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Baseball Player Info

AL
Age	30
Bats or Throws	Right

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Rolling on the Rios

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Reviewed by SteveP
February 24, 2010
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Alex Rios has always been an intriguing set of fantasy possibilities that has only infrequently turned into fantasy realities. Players of his size often start to replace their running game with a power game and that surely is the best case scenario for Rios. Unfortunately while we have some evidence of declining base-running, we have less evidence of any increase in power or even latent power to come. The most likely scenario is for Rios to continue doing what he has done but run a little less, which means he's likely to be a reasonably replaceable cog in your fantasy team. .280-85-18-80-20 in 580 AB

Positives / Upside	Alex Rios has been a tout darling for many seasons now, and although the end results have been mixed, he still retains essentially the same skill set that made you like him in the first place. While not a slugger per se, Rios has some power, and his doubles rate show a very mild carpet influence from his time in Toronto (always something to check on double and triple rates). Despite his size, he is genuinely fast and doesn't get thrown out often. Some of what plagued him last season, particularly the end, were a series of small injuries and probably the same malaise that affected many Jays players at the end of the J.P Ricciardi era... Rios now finds himself on a team with a manager that will undoubtedly allow him to run and with an opportunity to make a fresh start. .290-95-23-85-28 in 620 AB
Negatives / Downside	Rios has 3508 major league at bats, and the glorious prospects held out in front of him by many a tout have never fully materialized. A player of his size (6'5) rarely continues running throughout his career, and last year's 24 steals (after 32 in 2008) probably wasn't entirely the nagging injuries that followed him throughout the campaign. While it's true that Ozzie Guillen is likely to allow his team to run early, often, and at the most inopportune times, it's also possible that he will continue to turn the base-running lights green and then red and then green and... just as he did last season. With Juan Pierre presumably in the steals slot, it's reasonable to expect that Rios will be in a non-running slot, further curtailing his fantasy value. .260-75-15-70-15 in 550 AB
Recommendation	Only at a discount
Draft Position	95