Comments on: Blue Jays designate Juan Rivera, call up Travis Snider

By: purdueman

purdueman — Mon, 04 Jul 2011 17:01:06 +0000

Service time has nothing to do with whether Rivera accepts a minor league assignment or not. Rivera’s ability to turn down a minor league assignment after being DFA’d is strictly about him being out of minor league assignment options.

If Rivera can’t be traded, clears waivers and is offered a minor league assignment, if he refuses it he becomes a free agent and the Jays have to pay continue to pay him the rest of season. If another team subsequently signs him, the only thing the Jays are off the hook for is the MLB pro-rated minimum salary that he’d receive elsewhere.

I’m out in So. Cal and it’s no secret that in order for the Jays to unload Wells, they had to take Rivera’s contract back in return as part of the “bad contract for bad contract” deal. The Jays shopped Rivera, as they did Napoli, immediately after the Wells trade became official, but found no takers then, just as they’ll find no takers now either.

By: dirtyharry1971

dirtyharry1971 — Mon, 04 Jul 2011 15:19:38 +0000

Yeah what he meant was this interview is over and he’s gone to the bar for a couple of cold one’s. Rivera isnt getting traded, end of story

By: db105

db105 — Mon, 04 Jul 2011 08:21:55 +0000

Rivera would make the all the leadfoot team.

By: jeffhink

jeffhink — Mon, 04 Jul 2011 05:19:59 +0000

The Blue Jays think they can trade him. They might be the only team that thinks that. He has enough service time that he can refuse a minor league assignment and become a free agent, and any team that is considering him probably isn’t willing to give up anything for him. He’s a platoon guy at best.

By: purdueman

purdueman — Mon, 04 Jul 2011 04:57:01 +0000

Hawk Harrelson was being interviewed live on a local Chicago radio station this afternoon after the Sox-Cubs game. When he heard the news of Rivera being DFA’s, he immediately gave a big grin and said: “He Gone!”….

By: dirtyharry1971

dirtyharry1971 — Mon, 04 Jul 2011 04:06:36 +0000

Snider is in his 4th season and was hitting a whopping .184 this season. Has a .426 life time slg% which is terrible for a power guy but on the bright side he strikes out a ton like most power guys so you get the whiffs just not the homeruns wiht this guy. Yeah im afraid all the time in the world isnt going to help this guy and you seen what those sandwich picks have brought you over the years, not much

By: Glenn

Glenn — Mon, 04 Jul 2011 02:53:39 +0000

It happens to be his birthday today. Happy 33rd, Juan.

By: proudlycanadian

proudlycanadian — Sun, 03 Jul 2011 23:42:44 +0000

That idea just might work; however, the Phillies saw him botch a ball in the outfield this weekend. Based on a report in a local paper, it appears that the Jays think that they can trade Rivera. They will probably have to take back some of his salary and receive the famous “player to be named later”.

By: jeffhink

jeffhink — Sun, 03 Jul 2011 23:12:27 +0000

Rivera’s splits against lefties are great. He seems like a logical pickup for the Phillies once he clears waivers. His defense isn’t very good, but if you platoon him with Ibanez the defensive dropoff if negligible.

By: proudlycanadian

proudlycanadian — Sun, 03 Jul 2011 23:01:57 +0000

As far as I am concerned it is mission accomplished. Napoli had 2 years left on his contract while Rivera only had the 2011 season left on his. Hopefully Francisco will be deemed to be a Type B Free Agent and the Jays can turn him into a sandwich round draft pick. Snider is only 23 and needed time in Triple A to eliminate a big problem with his swing and plate coverage. Hopefully the swing has been revamped sufficiently for him to realize his great potential. In the interim, Eric Thames, another young outfielder recently called up from Vegas has looked very good.