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BP Daily: The case for Alex Rios

By Christina Kahrl
Baseball Prospectus

Monday, August 10, 2009

"Mine? Mine. Mine, mine, mine." -- Flock of (non-new wave) seagulls Now that we're in the waiver/trade portion of the season, when teams looking to jettison expensive veterans can work out deals with claiming clubs or simply deposit those players with the claimants, we're seeing an interesting game of chicken. Do you claim players simply to block rival teams from helping themselves, despite having little interest in the player joining your roster? Do you try to improve your own team by grabb ...

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