In the opening two weeks of the season, the Blue Jays are tearing the cover off of the ball. The team leads the American League in most statistical categories offensively, aided by the strong play of Adam Lind, Aaron Hill, and Marco Scutaro, among others. However, there is one batter that's lagging behind, and that's Alex Rios...
The 2-time All-Star looks completely lost at the dish. His swing is too long, he is out on his front foot a lot of the times, which is affecting his ability to drive through the ball. He is not seeing the ball at the release point well whatsoever. Rios is inching closer toward dropping below an average of .200! After another pitiful performance at the plate Saturday, in which he went 1 for 5, the concern is growing deeper in Toronto. Rios has just 6 RBI this year, 4 of which came in the same contest. His only saving grace is the hot start to the season by the rest of the team. If the club goes into a tail spin, he'll surely bear the brunt of the blame...
Come on Rios, wake up!
Saturday, April 18, 2009
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Maybe the fact that the rest of the team is playing that much better Rios doesn't feel the need to step up his game like previous seasons. Happens with certain atheletes that are used to be the power house for their shitty team, then all of a sudden their team is good and they get pushed to the side when it comes to spotlight. Fizzle.....trade...
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