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Originally Posted by flambers
As for Rios, as others have mentioned a person has to look at all of his stats not just the HRs or RBIs.
For example
Doubles - Rios is 5th in the league with 44
Triples - Rios is tied for 7th in the league with 8
Hits - Rios is 5th in the league with 174
SB - Rios is tied for 15th in the league with 30
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But really most of those would show in his On Base/Slugging combination. I see Rios and I honestly feel that he's best suited to hit at the top of the batting order given the type of hitter he is, and the way he tends to hit with guys on base. If he's a 900 OPS guy in the lead off spot, and only a 800 guy because he tenses up with runners on base, than play to his strength. Really is a lead off guy with Rios' speed and ability to get extra base hits that bad? I mean runner on 2nd and none out, you should get him home. Why hit him down in the order because you think he should drive in runs when it's not what he does best. He get's a lot of hits, and he's got a lot of ways to get himself into scoring position, to me that's not such a bad thing to have at the top of your batting order.