In 41 games with the White Sox last season, Alex Rios had a line of 11/.199/3/9/5.
Gross.
In just 22 games this season, Rios has already reached his home run and RBI totals with the White Sox last season with 10 runs, nine steals, and a triple-slash line of .276/.326/.470.
Rios hasn’t had a SLG that high since 2007, and his .294 BABIP (career .319) suggests all three of those numbers should improve accordingly.
Taking from an article George wrote the other day , let’s look at some good and bad signs from early in Rios’ 2010 season:
Good Signs
.276/.326/.470 triple-slash with just a .296 BABIP, .357 wOBA, 6.7 BB percentage (best since ‘07), 0.50 BB:K (best since ‘07), 19.7 LD, 2.01 wFB/C, and a 85.8 contact percentage.
Like we said above, the .296 B ...
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Article written by Bryan Curley
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