When Edwin Rios made his debut with the Dodgers in 2019, he brought with him stories of prodigious power down in the minor leagues. The output over his first two seasons in the bigs matched the hype. In limited chances over 2019-2020, the slugger hit 12 home runs in 60 games, putting together a .972 OPS powered by an impressive .643 slugging percentage.
Then the injuries happened.
2021 was a wash as a shoulder issue sapped him of any ability to hit. In 2022, he got off to a nice start power wise again (7 HR in 27 games) but didn’t show much in the way of contact or on-base skills (.