Is this a joke?

Just brought to my attention by loyal reader Dana, this from Rotoworld:

The Rockies have asked for Alfredo Amezaga as the player to be named later in the Michael Restovich trade.

You know what, as nice as it would be to have Amezaga be the PTBNL in this deal, I feel really bad for the Rockies. They waive Amezaga, we pick him up, he doesn't play for us, he send him down, we pick up Michael Restovich from the Rockies for a player to be named, THEY ASK FOR AMEZAGA. Really, this has to be a joke.

That being said, Amezaga is the only player in the organization worth giving up for Restovich.