They traded away a promising pitcher in Jonathan Sanchez for speed and offense in Melky Cabrera, and they trade pitching relief and aging speed in Ramon Ramirez and Andres Torres for an iffy Angel Pagan.
The team did all that while hunting for just the right amount of money to lock up their two franchise starting pitchers for several years. One was locked up, and the other's tenure in San Francisco is still hanging in the balance.
