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Originally Posted by flambers
Problem is Rios has a low average (.265), he is not producing RBI's (has 53 RBI's in 101 games).
As for Double's last time I checked he has 24 doubles in 101 games. which puts him on pace for ~ 35 and puts him 5th on his team.
In my opinion there is a reason why Gaston had Rios moved down in the batting order.... Allot more is expected from this guy.
This year the Offense has come from unlikely sources (Scutaro, Hill and Lind) and the 3rd and 4th hitters had terrible starts to the season
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Rios is a lousy fit anywhere in the top 5 of the order and we all wish he could fill a big hole that should be blamed that on having [expletive] Kevin Millar as our DH and a $25M [expletive] in CF.
Rios' strengths are not average or RBIs, that is a limitation of his game - but how many teams have their best defensive outfielder dominating batting average and RBIs?
Really, if we went into next year with Lind-Rios-Snider then I would consider the outfield to be solid - solid defensively, solid offensively, and cheap!