Rene Rivera to the Braves (waiver claimed)

[Chuck]

ANAHEIM, CA – The Angels announced today that catcher René Rivera was awarded to the Atlanta Braves on a waiver claim. The announcement was made by General Manager Billy Eppler.

Rivera, 35, signed with the Angels as a free agent last January 9.  In 30 games with the Halos, he recorded a .244 batting average (20/82) with four doubles, four home runs and 11 RBI.   Rivera was recently activated from the disabled list Aug. 15^th after missing 76 games with right knee inflammation.  He appeared in six rehab games with Single-A Inland Empire before his return.

A native of Bayamon, Puerto Rico, Rivera has played in all or parts of 10 Major League seasons since making his debut with Seattle in September, 2004.  In 503 career games, he owns a lifetime .221 average (309/1398) with 62 doubles, two triples, 40 home runs and 164 RBI.  A solid defensive catcher, Rivera has thrown out 37 percent of would-be base stealers (126 of 217) during his career, including 43.8% this season (7 of 16).

Drafted by Seattle in the second round of the 2001 MLB Amateur June Draft, Rivera has played for the Mariners, Minnesota, San Diego, Tampa Bay, New York Mets, Chicago Cubs and Angels.        

[totdprods]

Looks like a straight waiver claim, but the Angels likely save something like $300k.

I'm sure Eppler will put that to use the same way he acquired Pena, Blash, Morris, Almonte, McGuire, etc. for cash considerations. 

Which is a lot better than trading away Clevinger and Almonte and etc. for similar players.

[tdawg87]

Season over.

[Chuck]

7 minutes ago, totdprods said:

Looks like a straight waiver claim, but the Angels likely save something like $300k.

I'm sure Eppler will put that to use the same way he acquired Pena, Blash, Morris, Almonte, McGuire, etc. for cash considerations. 

Which is a lot better than trading away Clevinger and Almonte and etc. for similar players.

Nah, we're getting Acuna. 

[tomsred]

1 minute ago, Chuckster70 said:

Nah, we're getting Acuna. 

What's a cuna? 

Does this mean we get Jose Briceno back up here?  I kind of like the guy.

[totdprods]

1 minute ago, tomsred said:

Does this mean we get Jose Briceno back up here?  I kind of like the guy.

For sure. I've been impressed with both he and Arcia. 

[Angel Oracle]

4 minutes ago, tomsred said:

What's a cuna? 

Does this mean we get Jose Briceno back up here?  I kind of like the guy.

Acuna Matata!

[tomsred]

3 minutes ago, Angel Oracle said:

Acuna Matata!

Oh, I got it, Chuck didn't explain it very well, thanks!

[UndertheHalo]

Rip

[tomsred]

2 minutes ago, UndertheHalo said:

Rip

We got Rip Repuski too, awesome.  My sources tell me he died in 1993 though.

[CDiaz27?]

Would much rather have Briceno then Rivera 

[Angel Oracle]

15 minutes ago, tomsred said:

We got Rip Repuski too, awesome.  My sources tell me he died in 1993 though.

We should have gotten this Rip.

[DMVol]

Afraid nobody will take Johnson....we’re stuck with him.....

[totdprods]

1 minute ago, DMVol said:

Afraid nobody will take Johnson....we’re stuck with him.....

Someone traded for Fernando ‘4.47 ERA’ Salas this time a couple years back.

He’ll be dealt.

[DMVol]

3 minutes ago, totdprods said:

Someone traded for Fernando ‘4.47 ERA’ Salas this time a couple years back.

He’ll be dealt.

I’ll do a Lou on you and bump this thread if he’s not.....

[Mark68]

33 minutes ago, tomsred said:

We got Rip Repuski too, awesome.  My sources tell me he died in 1993 though.

Your sources are fake news.

[AngelsLakersFan]

In b4 'Yacht Fuel' 

[Troll Daddy]

 

[Docwaukee]

getting Soroka back?  

[Blarg]

We're getting Bupkis.

[YouthofToday]

Time to suck harder for more draft $. Lose to win!

[yamsi12]

1 hour ago, Troll Daddy said:

 

Class act.

[eaterfan]

23 minutes ago, YouthofToday said:

Time to suck harder for more draft $. Lose to win!

I think we're pretty set in our draft position. We're currently 12th and I think 11th is about as high as we can draft. We're 3.5 games "behind" Toronto for 10th. We're 3 games ahead of Washington (15th) and 6.5 ahead of Philly (16th). Going off last year's slot numbers the difference in our range is about $637,000. Between 11th and 14th the difference is $500,000. It's certainly not "nothing", but it would take a huge swing in performance for the Angels to radically increase or decrease their first round pick money. 

[Lou]

57 minutes ago, yamsi12 said:

Class act.

brown guy 

[Lou]

"The Braves acquired catcher Rene Rivera from the Angels on Wednesday afternoon in a waiver move to increase their depth behind the plate. The return, which is sure to be next-to-nothing, is yet to be reported."