The Texas Rangers were interested in Alex Rios before last week's non-waiver trading deadline. They really needed him after losing All-Star slugger Nelson Cruz.
Texas acquired the Chicago White Sox right fielder Friday after putting in an earlier waiver claim for Rios, and four days after Cruz was suspended for the final 50 games of the regular season.
"He's good for us, and we had interest in him prior to learning of Nelson's suspension and continued to have interest in, and were able to work out a deal," Rangers general manager Jon Daniels said on a conference call. "We had interest either way."
The Rangers also got cash while sending the White Sox a player to be named later or cash.
Cruz, the 2011 AL championship series MVP, was among 13 players disciplined Monday by Major
League Baseball following its investigation into the Biogenesis clinic accused of distributing banned performance-enhancing drugs.
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