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Alex Rios Hires Scott Boras

By charliewilmoth | October 31, 2014 at 6:56pm CDT

Free agent outfielder Alex Rios has hired Scott Boras as his new agent, Jon Heyman of CBS Sports tweets. Rios was previously represented by the Kinzer Management Group.

Rios is hiring Boras just as he enters the free agent market for the first time. The 33-year-old was a first-round pick by the Blue Jays in 1999, and the seven-year extension he signed with them in 2008 just came to an end as the Rangers officially declined his team option earlier today. Rios hit .280/.311/.398 with only four home runs in 521 plate appearances with Texas in 2014. MLBTR’s Tim Dierkes projected Rios would get one year and $8.5MM this offseason.

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  1. UK Tiger

    9 years ago

    I give it two days maximum before Boras claims Rios is deserving of a 6 year $150m deal.

    Reply
    • Yohan

      9 years ago

      Bad choice for Rios in my opinion. He is declining and is struggling to stay on the field. Hopefully Boras doesn’t overrate him too much.

      Reply
      • MadmanTX 2

        9 years ago

        Declining? Boras will try and convince everybody that Rios was affected by the Texas heat, the Ballpark and the glare off Ron Washington’s head. “He deserves Carl Crawford plus money, ” Boras will declare.

        Reply
  2. bgardnerfanclub

    9 years ago

    Can we get a comment from Stephen Drew on this?

    Reply
    • UK Tiger

      9 years ago

      I asked Stephen.

      He referred me to a Mr K. Morales for more thoughts…

      Reply
  3. kungfucampby

    9 years ago

    I’m looking forward to the PDF that shows Alex Rios being one of the best players in baseball.

    Reply
  4. Mikenmn

    9 years ago

    The price of mediocrity just went up…

    Reply
  5. Russelmysanchez

    9 years ago

    Ugh… Well I guess the jays can cross him off of our “potential 2015 left fielders” list now. That is unless Beeston leaves his post as president. Lots of bad blood between those two.

    Reply
  6. Federal League

    9 years ago

    Boras has a pretty decent track record of securing favorable “pillow” contracts for players coming off of down years.

    Reply
  7. Weighed

    9 years ago

    Vernon Wells has more pop.

    Reply
  8. kylecthomas

    9 years ago

    most likely to sit out until june

    Reply
  9. Douglas Rau

    9 years ago

    And a whole bunch of teams just crossed “Alex Rios” off of their lists of names to consider for right field.

    Reply
  10. scrand

    9 years ago

    Bahahahahaha – April fools right…..oh no….too early…still had me there

    Reply
  11. Edgar4evar

    9 years ago

    Do Boras clients do one year deals to “re-establish value?” That might be the best path for Rios if he can land in a hitter-friendly park. Does Boston need an outfielder?

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