Juan Rivera

[StearnsFTW]

Is available and would be a nice bench player. He'd be a nice right-handed stick off the bench and very good insurance for a relapse for Hart.

 

Plus it'd make Kotsay not a Brewer.

 

I'd imagine they wouldn't have to give up anything of value for him.

 

The biggest stumbling block is of course his roughly $5M owed for the rest of this season.

 

Thoughts?

[Baldkin]

Spending $5M on him would mean no other positional upgrades or pitching upgrades would be available by trade this season.

 

Completely not worth it for 40ish more AB's this season (hopefully).

[dadofandrew]

$5M for a reserve OF? One that mirrors Hart and Braun?

 

No.

[StearnsFTW]

Yeah, I should've made myself more clear. I don't think he's worth $5M either, but if you can get Toronto to eat say $3M and not give up much of a prospect, I think it's worth considering.

 

A couple of more things enter into my thinking as well:

 

1. I don't think Hart is going to be healthy all year.

 

2. I've always liked Rivera as a player.

 

3. I can not wait until the day Kotsay is gone. I'm getting p!ssed just typing about him.

[Hate those Rodents]

Might make sense to do a Hawkins for Rivera deal straight up if the salaries align like I am guessing they might. But I'd actually prefer Hawkins. I'm just thinking out loud since I know we'll have tough bullpen decisions forthcoming.

[brettac1]

He's the kind of guy that will get traded in August or September when he comes cheaper and a team wants a power-type bat on the bench in the playoffs.