Rijo may have a high enough ceiling for a team to take a flyer on. Too many teams do not have a 5th starter for Jax not to be taken. Is there a dearth of pitching bad enough for Clay to be taken as a reliever with the death of the LOGY. Taken, yes. Kept, unlikely Javier. The only thing a team can be certain of is that he can field. Does a late innings defensive replacement make sense on a rebuilding team? I would doubt it. Is his bat going to develop? IDK If a major league team's pipeline lacks a shortstop, he could be taken. My best guess is that other teams have a similar but not equal to Javier player. He might be worth the 50k flyer, he might not be worth the final cost, including salary and benefits. Miami, Baltimore, KC, Detroit all can take a player or two and stash on their roster without doing any damage at all to the likely goal for 2020 hence Javier comes into play, as does Rijo if any team likes his ceiling. Therein lies the unknown. Who likes which players.