Rios' contract talks ongoing
Published 3/29/2008 by Erik Cagle at Major League Baseball News
The topic of Alex Rios' contract extension has officially reached the sore subject level for Blue Jays general manager J.P. Ricciardi. "We've talked about this enough," Ricciardi said Saturday when asked about the Monday deadline.
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