Well, if you’re going to take a flier, we suggest plucking Santiago, who is widely available, but sure won’t be for long once that first save opportunity is served up to him.

Through the first four seasons of the five-year, $90-million deal Hunter signed to join the Angels, he’s accumulated a WAR of 12.5 which compares favourably to the 11.3 he totaled over his final four seasons in Minnesota.

He’s mostly recovered from the weight loss and is expected to get into a game by Monday. Unfortunately, there’s still no clear path for playing time in the bigs for the Angels’ top prospect. This team really needs to clear some space for Trout, who as things stand, is ticketed for Triple-A.

Nails’ post-playing days have been marred by legal issues, and this is just the cherry on top. But hey, at least he has some experience wearing orange as a former Met. And now, of course, he’ll get an entirely new sense of the word “nails” — or at least “nailed.”

Now 42, Rivera remains among the best in the business, so there’s no real reason for him to contemplate hanging ‘em up. But perhaps he’s just had enough.

Will he immediately reassume his role as the team’s ace? That’s hard to say, because pitchers recovering from Tommy John surgery generally take 12-to-18 months to fully bounce back, so while Wainwright is on schedule to return this spring, how long will it take him to completely recover his velocity, command and feel of his pitches? That remains an unknown, but it’s obvious the Cardinals are bullish on a full and speedy recover, picking up both his 2012 and 2013 options right after the World Series.