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Originally Posted by duncan_idaho
Rios posted a higher OPS in July than Infante has in a full month since becoming a Royal, and it was 100 points higher than infante's ops in any month this season.
Now, it's possible Rios just had a few hot weeks and is being buoyed by that, but if he turns in a similar performance over the rest of the time Gordon is out, the value he offers with the bat outweighs the slight defensive upgrade Infante offers over Zobrist at 2B.
If he continues to slump like he has for the past week, Rios can sit, with Zobrist playing RF. This is the beauty of the zobrist acquisition.
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Against very tough lefties I wouldn't mind having Rios in RF, Infante at 2B, and Zobrist at 3rd.