I don't think Rivera was part of that trade. I thought it was Nick Johnson, Soriano, Mendoza and Ted Lilly. Instead they traded the left fielder I forget his name (Glenallen Hill?) for Ben Ford. Nice move but the goal is to fill seats not win games.
I am glad they didn't make that trade as they would be going after Vlad now.
Still either way you can't tell me that you would rather have the one superstar versus all of that talent.