You Gotta Love Ozzie Guillen

by Tom Dakers on Sep 14, 2009 10:18 AM EDT in Toronto Blue Jays News

In the Chicago Sun-Times:

Guillen on Alex Rios - "What have I seen from Rios? A lot of outs. The only batting ninth guy making $5 million was me. This mother [bleeper] is making $10, $12, $14 million, he ain't going to be batting ninth [in 2010]. I'm going to make sure he earns his money. But right now I have to put him there because he's struggling. Next year, if we have Rios batting ninth we're in deep [crap] once again.''

Can you imagine Cito saying that? Alex is hitting .140/.156/.215 so far with the White Sox. Anyone still mad at JP for giving him away?

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I don't know what thats says about me

But this makes me very happy.

And so, Craig finds himself leaping from blog to blog, striving to put right what once went wrong, and hoping each time that his next leap, will be the leap home.

by craig in calgary on Sep 14, 2009 11:07 AM EDT reply actions

Ditto

Life as a Toronto Sports Fan?... *sigh*... It is what it is...

by JohnnyG on Sep 14, 2009 11:19 AM EDT up reply actions

And I will acknowledge at the time I thought it was a bad move, but I am happy to be proved wrong…

Life as a Toronto Sports Fan?... *sigh*... It is what it is...

by JohnnyG on Sep 14, 2009 11:20 AM EDT up reply actions

I still have the feeling it was a bad move but

even Kevin Millar hasn’t been that bad.

by Tom Dakers on Sep 14, 2009 11:49 AM EDT up reply actions

Me too

But it’s a little early to say that J.P.’s been vidicated.

"Look at me! I'm Tomokazu Ohka of the Montreal Expos!"

by jessef on Sep 14, 2009 1:36 PM EDT up reply actions

Said it before, will say it again

…dumping Rios was absolutely necessary from a financial perspective. Can you imagine if this team was paying $30 million plus to 2 OF that were both performing at the level of a replacement player, or worse?

by Jevant on Sep 14, 2009 12:45 PM EDT reply actions

I always liked the move by JP (good financial discipline) and like it more now.

Guillen’s comments are hilarious.

Watching Rios is just perplexing. I mean the guy looks so awkward at the plate, it makes you wonder how he EVER made it to the MLB. I am not sure if he can recover. It is truly one of the great oddities in pro sports.

by aagoodfella on Sep 14, 2009 12:45 PM EDT reply actions

I am somewhat hesitant to make this comment, mostly because it might be premature, but in looking at Snider, there may be some Rios parallels here.

Sometimes, Snider just looks lost at the plate. Sure there have been periods where he is great but other times, you have to wonder “what is going on?”. This could be indicative of a Rios-like decline later in his career. The implications are that the team should be cautious about throwing a long-term high-value contract at Snider down the road (even if he does have a spectacular season) bearing in mind the potential of a Rios-like decline.

Like I said, could be premature, but it may be a legitimate consideration.

by aagoodfella on Sep 14, 2009 12:50 PM EDT up reply actions

To me there is a huge difference

Rios is 28, Snider is 21. I agree that Rios is perplexing, but its not comparable to Snider, very few major leaguers are successful at 21.

And so, Craig finds himself leaping from blog to blog, striving to put right what once went wrong, and hoping each time that his next leap, will be the leap home.

by craig in calgary on Sep 14, 2009 1:23 PM EDT up reply actions