Just looking back at the Crew with Doug Melvin's trades, I think he's done a good job. Looking at the ones since they became contenders (without looking back at deals like the Sexson or El Caballo trades). Going from memory....
Linebrink for Thatcher, Garrison and Inman - Crew trying to make a stretch run, I didn't like seeing Inman go at that time. He's done nothing. But I still think the trade wasn't worth it since Linebrink didn't do anything, while Thatcher has at least been a partially serviceable reliever ever since for the Padres.
Sabathia for LaPorta, Brantley, Zack Jack and someone else who I forget - Trade was worth every piece. Only Brantley has panned out, but you can live with losing him with what CC did for Milwaukee down the stretch creating a buzz, putting fans in the stands, and single handedly getting Milwaukee into the playoffs. If my memory is correct, the sandwich pick they got for losing CC got us Kentrail Davis. I forget who was picked in the 2nd round with the NYY pick.
Ray Durham for a couple guys I forget - Durham played a big role down the stretch with that wildcard team when Weeks was ineffective and injured. Good trade.
Carlos Gomez for JJ Hardy - A big positive. Hardy has since resurrected his career, but he was run out of Minnesota too. Gomez is a great defensive everyday CF that has seemed to turn the corner with the bat. With Hardy gone it paved the way for Escobar to play and increase his value for.....
Zack Greinke and Yuni Betancourt for Escobar, Cain, Odorizzi and Jeffress - I call this a win. Escobar, Cain and Odorizzi are still good looking players. But Greinke helped win a division and get the team to the NLCS. Turning him into what they later got makes this even better.
Nyjer Morgan for Cutter Dykstra - took Washington's crap and gave them a player that hasn't advanced past A ball. Morgan played a big role in that NLCS team. Big win for the Crew.
Shaun Marcum for Brett Lawrie - close call. Marcum was necessary to make a run to the NLCS. Lawrie was a big time prospect who has had some moments. But he seems to have stuttered. This thing is a draw.
K-Rod for a couple guys we'll never miss - Great trade to put the team over the edge in that bullpen. Mistake was offering him arby after the season. But K-Rod was a big part of the bullpen. Another win for the Crew.
Jerry Hairston for somebody I forget - another in-season winner. Hairston helped put Yuni to the bench for the NLCS stretch run.
Jean Segura, Johnny Helweg and Ariel Pena for Greinke - great trade! Got the SS of the future completing the circle of losing Escobar. Helweg looks like a pretty good prospect, and Pena is gravy at this point. For less than 1/2 of the season of Greinke, this is a really good haul.
Of 10 trades that I remember, the Brewers only "lose" on the Linebrink trade, which turns out was a minor trade. Perhaps the Marcum deal will come back to haunt, but it hasn't happened yet. Essentially the Crew got:
1/2 season of Linebrink
1/2 season of CC Sabathia
1/2 season of Durham
Carlos Gomez
1.5 seasons of Greinke
1 season of Yuni (pre-renaissance)
2 seasons of Marcum
2 seasons of Tony Plush
2 seasons of K-Rod
Jean Segura
Johnny Helweg
Ariel Pena
And the only guys they'll potentially miss are Jake Odorizzi and Brett Lawrie as Hardy and Esco got replaced by Segura, and Cain and Brantley got replaced by Gomez.
Melvin's done well....anyone disagree?
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