A year and a half of Cordero for 3 months of Carlos Lee was a great deal. We had to give up MORE to get Coco from the Rangers, hence Nelson Cruz. The other crap we got back was to help fill the lineup, I can't blame Melvin for the idiocy that was Ned Yost trotting Mench out to the field against RHP's constantly. There's no way the team barely (yes, 1 blown save counts as barely) misses the playoffs in 2007 without Cordero. Obviously he wasn't even that highly thought of by the Rangers (or anyone else) as he was put on waivers in spring '08. In 2006 he was blocked by Hart, Gross, and Jenkins. I'll never say that was a bad deal. Nor was the Hall deal at the time it was made. I will agree though, the next 18 months (~30M off the payroll and what to do about Prince) will shape the franchise for many years to come, so if they are going to make a GM move, now is the time to do it.