RN Trade Evaluation: Encarnacion, Rolen, and Hairston

I drew the short straw, and get to evaluate the Reds deadline deals.  After the trades, and last night’s game, I barely have the strength.  I’m also leaving on vacation in a few hours, so I’m going to rely on you guys to flesh this debate out in the comments. I’ll start with the positives:  The Reds traded Jerry Hairston, Jr. to the Yankees for some guy.  Actually, his name is Chase Weems.  He’s a catcher.  And he’s headed to Dayton. Now, the main event:  The Reds sent third baseman Edwin Encarnacion and pitchers Josh Roenicke and Zach Stewart to the Blue Jays for third baseman Scott Rolen.  The Blue Jays are reportedly going to defray some salary - the best I can figure it’s the difference between what’s owed to each guy the rest of the year - Rolen’s salary is $11M and EE’s is $2M. Mark Sheldon put it pretty well: Perhaps, but Jocketty paid a big price in giving up two young pitchers for Rolen. Roenicke, a reliever that h...