Why would we have not signed him back? Because $8 million for a guy who's going to pitch 60 innings is horrible value? Melvin is doing his best with what he has to work with. He's doing a pretty terrible job. He has $20 million in dead weight on the payroll. He still hasn't learned to not spend a ton of money on the bullpen and he continues to build patchwork rotations with aging free agents. I would like to see Braddock but thats it but he is in AA, last time I checked. You should probably check again. Who do you want in AAA to come up and who do you want to replace? Braddock would be a nice start. Axford would be another start. Stetter is still in Nashville last I checked and Dillard has been pretty good out of the pen in his career and is dealing in Nashville as well. There is a reason they are in AAA. The hest players play in AA. Are Braun, Fielder and Gallardo not good players? They all played in AAA. You said you would like to see Braddock, he's in AAA. Sometimes I wonder how many people understand baseball on this site The irony.