So long Mark, you won't be missed

Mark Redman was traded to the Kansas City Royals for a minor leaguer Jonah Bayliss and a player to be named. Presumably, after being laughed at for offering Redman for guys like Brad Wilkerson and Trot Nixon, Littlefield screwed his head on straight and got anything he could for Redman. I don't know much about Bayliss, but he's alive and a baseball player, so this is probably a good trade. Now if only that player to be named could be Leo Nunez...

UPDATE (3:20PM): I did mean to say that this is really only a good deal if the Royals are paying, which I'm not really sure if they are. Bayliss had some decent minor league numbers last year and would be helpful from the pen, which is more than we can say about Mark Redman. If the Royals are paying most of the $4.5 million (and they actually might be, they're looking to add payroll, too) than this is a great deal because it almost frees up all the money we took on in Casey (assuming Cincy sends us the $2 million).