The trade is marginal (a "nothing" trade) unless and until Dotel returns to form.

All the same, a guy like Phelps can have short-term usefulness as pointed out by his numbers.

Besides, being sent down by TB might be a badge of honor--they haven't exactly made great decisions.

There are a lot of guys knocking around AAA who can be useful if they get brought up and have numbers that allow you to DH or pinch-hit with them. That's a major difference between Simulated ball and Roto.
I think some of the comments posted here on this deal apply more to a Roto setting.

Dave N