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Rays Sign Yacksel Rios To Minor League Deal

By Connor Byrne | January 21, 2021 at 6:25pm CDT

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.

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  1. davidk1979

    1 month ago

    2.85 E.r.a in 2021

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    • Ducky Buckin Fent

      1 month ago

      Exactly.

      Finishes 9th in AL Cy Young voting.

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  2. VonPurpleHayes

    1 month ago

    Gets pulled early in the 2021 World Series.

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    • DarkSide830

      1 month ago

      gets traded after playing a big part in winning the AL title because he’s going to get top much in arb.

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      • Ducky Buckin Fent

        1 month ago

        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.

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        • HALfromVA

          1 month ago

          Well said, @Ducky.

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        • VonPurpleHayes

          1 month ago

          @Ducky this is a great analogy!

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      • lolzmuts

        1 month ago

        Top much, yes. Edit your comments.

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    • mco_rays_fan

      1 month ago

      29 teams would love to get second guessed for their play/decisions in the World Series.

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  3. whyhayzee

    1 month ago

    Sounds like he could play lead guitar in some mediocre rock band.

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  4. Cgoss

    1 month ago

    Has not to much success in the big leagues but knowing the Rays he will have a career year in 2021.

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  5. connfyoozed

    1 month ago

    Yackety Yack… don’t come back.

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  6. bobsugar84

    1 month ago

    Angels shoulda been in on this guy. Another opportunity lost.

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    • Vizionaire

      1 month ago

      angels are in on brad hand and allegedly in for bauer!

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  7. FletcherFan69

    1 month ago

    The stove is en fuego. My body is scorched

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  8. Gothamcityriddler

    1 month ago

    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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  9. Bosin Rag

    1 month ago

    A.L. Reliever of the Year 2022

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  10. theodore glass

    1 month ago

    Going to be good for the Rays.

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  11. bobtillman

    1 month ago

    6-3 and throws 95…Rays pitching coach Kyle Snyder loves those guys. They’ll get some use out of him.

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  12. disneydave

    1 month ago

    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).

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  13. hashtahjimboutonwasright

    1 month ago

    *yawns* another great signing likely to rock Major League Baseball for another 100 years.

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