Yesterday, the Internet cruelly reminded me that Chris Carpenter — a pitcher! — had six RBI in the Cardinals’ win, the entire total Alex Rios has had in his time with the White Sox. This is, by all accounts, pretty sad. But as we know, Rois has been downright awful since Kenny Williams claimed him on waivers; Sox fans have just been told to be patient, and that an offseason and a fresh start in Spring Training will do wonders for him. It’s a wait till next year sort of thing.

So in an effort to see what’s going on with Rios I went to the numbers since he’s joined the Sox. Batting average? .175. On-base percentage? An incredibly low .208. OPS? .486. Jesus. Now, one thing to keep in mind here is that Rios didn’t come over at the trade deadline, he came over on waivers later, so he’s had 145 plate appearances in 39 games. Sure, that’s a decent sample size, but not quite as much as if he came over at the deadline. As Fan Graphs noted around his 100th plate appearance, his numbers with the Sox aren’t anything to get worked up about yet. (Thought his entire season probably is.)

One other thing of note: Rios’ BABIP (batting average on balls in play) is a comically low .198 with the Sox. That’s about 100 points below the league average of .290-.300. This suggest he’s had some bad luck since he came to the South Side in his small-ish sample size so far. This doesn’t absolve him of how atrocious he’s been, but it’s certainly a sign luck hasn’t been in his favor.

Over a full season next year, things will even out for him on balls he hits into play. (He’s a career .318 BABIP guy.) He won’t be as terrible at the plate. Can’t be. But this stuff isn’t encouraging. He still appears to be declining when he should be entering his prime.

And that’s bad news for Williams and the Sox, who picked up his huge contract.