With the major league's most overrated starter in Jake Peavy, along with the biggest bunch of underachievers (Andruw Jones, Alex Rios, possibly Carlos Quentin), this team will have a bottom 5 AL offense. I was never under the impression they would be good, but watching them play would make any baseball purist vomit.
Their defense is below average at ss, 1b, and 3b. Their outfield cannot hit (outside of Quentin, whose career year 2 years ago seems light years away). Juan Pierre is a cool dude and all, but he sucks. Alex Rios is not a cool dude, and sucks.
You may ask, "Ryan, why is Alexi Rios not a cool dude?"
Thank you for asking. A few years ago I was enjoying a $9 mojito in the Skydome Hard RockCafe, watching batting practice at about 330 pm or so. Alex Rios is fielding fly balls. He turns around, looks at me, and throws a ball off the plexiglass window. It is what a moronic 11 year old would do. and this is a $15 million dollar former all star. He will never hit like he used to, he is a lazy jerk who sucks at baseball. What kind if dude throws a baseball at fans, even if protected by a window? In retrospect, I wish that ball had hit me in the face.
I could have used the money.
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