Alex Rios and Toronto Blue Jays agree to 6-year contract

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http://canadianpress.google.com/article/ALeqM5gKppU0itmwPHxAoyxfAH2qUHVFRQ

 

NEW YORK — The Toronto Blue Jays and Alex Rios are ironing out the final details of a six-year contract extension through 2014 that would guarantee him about US$64 million

 

wow, that would be a fantasic deal for the Jays.

[Kosuke1]

Depending on the money, this could be two very bad longterm contracts for outfielders by a very smart GM in Ricciardi.

[sneakypower]

Ricciardi is very smart?

[TruffleShuffle]

i think ricciardi gets a lot of credit for being a billy beane discipline, but he hasn't really been that good. pretty meh, IMO.

[Post Count Padder]

6 years is a bit much but he is good.

[sneakypower]

6 years is a bit much but he is good.

yeah they're really going to regret having him under their control throughout his prime. lord knows years 26-31 are when players start to really suck and make you regret signing them.

 

i'll give you a break though, i'm sure you just read others opinions on contracts and tried making your own conclusions.

 

Breaking News: Cubs sign first round pick to a 6-year ameteur contract

 

"wow 6 years is a bit much..."

[Post Count Padder]

6 years is a bit much but he is good.

yeah they're really going to regret having him under their control throughout his prime. lord knows years 26-31 are when players start to really suck and make you regret signing them.

 

i'll give you a break though, i'm sure you just read others opinions on contracts and tried making your own conclusions.

 

Breaking News: Cubs sign first round pick to a 6-year ameteur contract

 

"wow 6 years is a bit much..."

Thank you for that.

[TruffleShuffle]

6 years is a bit much but he is good.

yeah they're really going to regret having him under their control throughout his prime. lord knows years 26-31 are when players start to really suck and make you regret signing them.

 

i'll give you a break though, i'm sure you just read others opinions on contracts and tried making your own conclusions.

 

Breaking News: Cubs sign first round pick to a 6-year ameteur contract

 

"wow 6 years is a bit much..."

 

wow ok. angry/bitter much?

 

his MORP for those 6 years is $58,500,000, so the contract would be pretty fair. he doesn't walk enough for my tastes, but he's a plus defender and maybe he can turn a few more of those doubles into homers. if vernon wells could ever show some consistency from year to year, this would be a great OF tandem, but it's looking like vernon is following the jermaine dye career path.

[big_shooter17]

A problem that Rios has is that he seems to refuse to use the whole field. I know that I have seen a few charts that clearly show this. All 24 of his home runs last season were pulled. Someone posted a website that showed where players were hitting there home runs to a couple of months ago. I can't remember the site, but I know that nothing went right of center. Of his 24, he hit 18 in the first half and only 6 in the second. There was also a chart showing where he was being pitched. In the first half, he saw a fair number of pitches inside and of course, teams figured him out and started going away. I saw him in Cleveland last year and during batting practice, he hit bomb after bomb, but not once did he try to do anything but smash the ball down the lf line. He seems to be able to continue to hit for avg. even though teams have figured out his swing tendencies. If this guy could start using the whole field he could become a perennial mvp candidate.

 

http://bjays.wordpress.com/2007/10/06/did-pitchers-adapt-to-alex-rios/

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It's done:

 

Blue Jays signed outfielder Alex Rios to a six-year, $64 million contract extension through 2012.

 

No mention was made of the reported option for a seventh year. Rios was probably going to get about $18 million for his final two years of arbitration, so the Jays are buying out his first four years of free agency for about $46 million. It's a big commitment to a player who doesn't qualify as a superstar, but Rios is a well above average regular and he's likely to age well.

[TruffleShuffle]

unless they're really afraid that rios would blow up this year, i'm not sure what the urgency was. wait and make sure he keeps improving or at least maintains his performance.

[GoCubsGo1679625768]

wow, why is Cro Mangnum such an ass at times?

[NCCubFan]

Title of thread updated to reflect agreement.