Juan Rivera will be back but can he continue to be what the Dodgers need? He will make $4 mil with a option for 2013.
After being acquired from the Blue Jays for pretty much nothing, Rivera helped the Dodgers to a winning record in the second half, allowing the Dodgers to push Matt Kemp into the 3rd spot in the lineup, which is his more natural position and have someone behind him to provide protection in case they tried to pitch around him. As a result Matt Kemp had better numbers in the second half than he did in the first even though everybody else regressed.
Rivera is a godsend, he can play 1B, LF and RF, smashes left handed pitchers and plays hard all the time. I was a favorite of his when he was an Angel and believed he would be great as a Dodger and it was nice to see I was correct.
With this signing the Dodgers shore up their outfield, and now need to find someone to play third base, decide what they’ll do with Uribe and James Loney and figure out if Fedo can be the everyday...
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