Daniel Rios

Rios Suspended for Doping

June 28, 2008 By Christopher Pellegrini Leave a Comment

Daniel Rios, a pitcher that Tokyo Yakult brought in from Korea to fill the very large gap in the starting rotation left by Seth Greisinger (currently 6-6, 4.20 ERA with Yomiuri), has received a one-year suspension for doping. The suspension is in effect until June 27th, 2009. Rios was dropped from the first team on [...]

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Meet the Starters – the 2008 TYS Rotation (so far…)

June 7, 2008 By David Watkins Leave a Comment

As I write this the Swallows are languishing in 5th place in the Central League, and are generally having a torrid time in the Inter League games this year (though things have been looking up a little during the last few days). So let’s have a look at the cast of starting pitchers who have [...]

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