Originally Posted by
MadduxFanII
If you consider Melvin an utter non-entity (and he surely is), Quentin a one-year guy to soak up some ABs and even up the cash and Maybin a buy-low candidate, we basically traded Kimbrel for Wisler, Paroubeck and the 41st. That's not a sizzling return, but throw in the rest of Upton's contract and I think you have a pretty solid deal.
I would probably have preferred getting another handful of prospects instead of Quentin and Maybin, but I would wager those two were non-negotiables on San Diego's end.