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The Blue Jays tried to get Alex Rios through waivers? Cheap asses.

Posted by TFox Aug 7 '09, 16:53

Rios is very good *and* locked into a reasonable-ish contract.

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He's in what should be his prime years. - the wrong element, bad guy Aug 7, 17:23
Every player gets put through waivers. It's not a rare thing in August. - Will Hunting Aug 7, 17:08
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- word -- nm - Spawn Aug 7, 17:42
Wha? He has an OPS of .728 and is owed $60 million. If someone claims him on waivers, they should just dump him sans compensation. -- nm - David Aug 7, 16:56 19
- Because that's what you do as soon as anyone dips below their avg for a half season. -- nm - TFox Aug 7, 16:57 18
  - He was .798 last year. His contract is grossly out of proportion with current baseball economics. - David Aug 7, 16:59 17
    - *interested* -- nm - Pittsburgh Pirates Aug 7, 17:02
    - I don't see how $10M per is all that atrocious for an Alex Rios. - TFox Aug 7, 17:00 15
      - 10mil last offseason could have gotten you Adam Dunn or Raul Ibanez. -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 7, 17:10 6
        
        Make Rios a free agent this offseason, what do you think his annual contract value would be? Not less than $8M, no way. - TFox Aug 7, 17:12 5
        
        Pat Burrell got $8 million a year. His career OPS is .844. - David Aug 7, 17:15
        
        (Or, put another way: someone claimed him, so someone is obviously perfectly fine taking on the commitment.) -- nm - TFox Aug 7, 17:14 3
        
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        at the "risk" of taking on the contract. -- nm - TFox Aug 7, 17:37
        
        Someone traded for Jeff Francouer, too. -- nm - David Aug 7, 17:16
      - Career wise, he's subpar in OBP, average in OPS and is getting paid like a superstar. - David Aug 7, 17:02 7
        
        He's getting Gary Matthews Jr money. We can agree for you to be wrong. -- nm - TFox Aug 7, 17:04 5
        
        I actually scoffed at how unaware your first post was. - David Aug 7, 17:07 4
        
        I found this list of the 44 worst contracts in baseball, and didn't see him on it. -- (link) - TFox Aug 7, 17:08 3
        
        From March 3, just as timely as your nonsense opinion. - David Aug 7, 17:11 1
        
        My team would be the bomb in Phantoms, yo. -- nm - TFox Aug 7, 17:13
        
        don't make david go 5P on your ass -- nm - Farmer Ted Aug 7, 17:10
        
        (And he's horrible this year.) -- nm - David Aug 7, 17:03
HR! -- nm - Guy Aug 7, 16:55

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