Edwin Ríos
Puerto Rican baseball player
Edwin Gabriel Ríos (born April 21, 1994) is a Puerto Rican professional baseball third baseman and first baseman who is a free agent. He has previously played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Los Angeles Dodgers, Chicago Cubs, and Cincinnati Reds. He played college baseball for Florida International University. Ríos was drafted by the Dodgers in the sixth round of the 2015 MLB draft and debuted for them in 2019.
Early life and amateur career
Ríos was born in Caguas, Puerto Rico. His parents are Heyda Rosario and Edwin Rios. Early in life, his family moved to Kissimmee, Florida, where he played baseball at Osceola High School.
Ríos attended Florida International University (FIU), and played college baseball for the FIU Panthers. In his junior year in 2015, he batted .314/.421/.592 (second in Conference USA) with 18 home runs (leading the conference) and 56 runs batted in (RBIs; 2nd) in 223 at bats. In 2013 he played collegiate summer baseball with the Cotuit Kettleers of the Cape Cod Baseball League.
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