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My recollection is that folks were never against Bloomie as the 25th-man/reserve/platoon/spot player/whatever.  It was the notion that Bloomie would blossom in a key role if only given the chance.
If you could have David Bell as a no-speed doubles hitter with a sprinkling of HR, except he'd be lefty and except he'd walk a bit more and except he could hold his own at short and except that you wouldn't be asking him to be starting at third, you'd only be asking him to be a reserve/spot-start-against-certain-types-of-pitchers-in-an-infield-full-of-righties guy, and you could have him for nothing instead of paying some random Wilson Valdez (or Josh Wilson) (or Josh Wilson Valdez?) to come in with no bat at all on your bench, I think there would be some interest.
Here are the splits: http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/split.cgi?t=b&n1=hannaja01&yea...  Never play him against a lefty or a power pitcher, and he looks like a semblance of a LH David Bell playing short, without any further "blossoming" involved.
Not that that's particularly special, but I'm talking about the 5th guy on the non-1B/DH pecking order, and assuming 1-4 are all RH.  And that the alternatives for the roster spot are likely RH with neither patience nor pop.  Not saying give the guy a chance to be an everyday player.