Edwin Ríos says getting optioned felt like a 'punch in the gut' during a frustrating final season with the Dodgers. He's getting a fresh start with the Cubs.
Ríos broke camp on the Dodgers’ opening day roster each of the next three years. He was a valuable contributor in 2020, but got off to a disastrous start in 2021, going four for 51, before undergoing season-ending shoulder surgery in May.
Then, when the calendar flipped to June, he strained his right hamstring, was placed on the injured list and wasn’t seen in Los Angeles again.“I’ve been a Dodger my whole life so sometimes you know there’s a possibility but when it actually happens it’s almost like, ‘Damn.’”The injury, Ríos said, was worse than initially thought. He was transferred to the 60-day injured list June 22, but he anticipated a return to the majors.
“I was like, ‘When this is all over I’m going to go up,’ and that didn’t happen,” Ríos said of his rehab assignment. “Once I got the news that I was getting optioned, it was kind of a punch in the gut. So I got a little frustrated, I would say. Didn’t start hitting as well. I think it was more of a mental thing, kind of like just expecting to go back up and stuff like that.
“That’s all I had ever known,” Ríos said. “I’ve been a Dodger my whole life so sometimes you know there’s a possibility but when it actually happens it’s almost like, ‘Damn.’”
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