Wasn't everyone laughing at Melvin for the Ramirez contract last year? .300/.360/.540 He's a pretty solid GM and has made moves Greinke/Sabathia, etc. to keep them competitive despite the small market. He's got a lineup that can score runs and SP was their biggest area of need. Giving up first rounders and first round draft money is exactly what a smaller market team that is clearly a distant 3rd best (at best) in its division should be doing. True, and a total rebuild is probably not too far in the distant future. One more year of wear and tear on Hart / Weeks / Ramirez and they could be in really bad shape next year.