The Rays have signed right-hander Yacksel Rios to a minor league contract, agent Gavin Kahn announced Thursday (h/t: Marc Topkin of the Tampa Bay Times). The deal includes an invitation to major league spring training.
Rios was a 12th-round pick of the Phillies in 2011 who divided the first four years of his big league career between Philadelphia and Pittsburgh. After Rios put up a 6.38 ERA with a 21.4 strikeout percentage and 10.5 walk percentage in 55 innings as a Phillie from 2017-19, the team designated him for assignment. Rios joined the Pirates on waivers in August 2019, but he didn’t see much action with the club. Thanks in part to shoulder problems, Rios totaled only four innings last season, after which the 27-year-old elected free agency.
Rios, who averages about 95 mph on his fastball, has been more successful in the minors than the majors, though he also hasn’t dominated at the lower levels. He owns a 4.58 ERA through 90 1/3 Triple-A innings.
2.85 E.r.a in 2021
Exactly.
Finishes 9th in AL Cy Young voting.
Gets pulled early in the 2021 World Series.
gets traded after playing a big part in winning the AL title because he’s going to get top much in arb.
The Ray’s, man.
I spend some time on the Red River waterfowl hunting every year. It’s one of the few rivers in the world that flows South to North.
It’s always a slightly unsettling experience. It looks & feels just a little wrong the whole time. Ya know?
Reminds me of the Ray’s. Entire lineups of LH hitters, all those shifts, fluid pitching roles…it’s baseball – yeah – but it just looks a little off center all the time.
Well said, @Ducky.
@Ducky this is a great analogy!
Top much, yes. Edit your comments.
29 teams would love to get second guessed for their play/decisions in the World Series.
Sounds like he could play lead guitar in some mediocre rock band.
Has not to much success in the big leagues but knowing the Rays he will have a career year in 2021.
Yackety Yack… don’t come back.
Angels shoulda been in on this guy. Another opportunity lost.
angels are in on brad hand and allegedly in for bauer!
The stove is en fuego. My body is scorched
The Rays thru in a oneway ticket back to island & told him, when you get here whatever you do don’t unpack. Ahahaha!
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A.L. Reliever of the Year 2022
Going to be good for the Rays.
6-3 and throws 95…Rays pitching coach Kyle Snyder loves those guys. They’ll get some use out of him.
Everyone thought Trading Chris Archer was a money thing, sometimes it is just something they don’t see in a guy. Snell is not a work horse. He got the Cy award because of how they used him. He has trouble staying in games because of high pitch count. I liked Snell, but will Miss Morton more (that was all about money).
*yawns* another great signing likely to rock Major League Baseball for another 100 years.