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Indians/Dodgers Trade - Blalock's Value?

So it looks like the Indians are sending Casey Blake and "cash" to the Dodgers for Jon Meloan and A League catching prospect Carlos Santana.

Santana is hitting .323, with 14 homers, for Inland Empire, in the Class A California League. The hard-throwing Meloan is 5-10, with a 4.97 ERA, at Triple-A Las Vegas -- but has piled up 335 strikeouts in only 262 innings in his minor league career.

  The Dodgers were listed as one of the potential suitors for Hank Blalock, so thats one less destination, which isn't great, but I think the return of Meloan and an above average position prospect is pretty good return for Blake who is a free agent at the end of the year.  The Indians will be paying a chunk of his salary, which I'm sure is a big part of it.  I guess the questions are: Would we have taken Meloan and B level prospect for Hank?  What does this equate to from Minnesota, the supposed big suitors of Hank? Is Hank more, or less, valuable thank Casey Blake for the rest of the season?

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