The Marlins finally parted company with Ricky Nolasco, trading him to the Dodgers:

In addition to Nolasco, the Dodgers received an international signing bonus slot worth $197,000. The Dodgers can now spend about $2.5 million on international amateur players without being penalized.

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To acquire Nolasco, the Dodgers parted ways with Josh Wall, Steven Ames and Angel Sanchez. None of them are considered top-tier prospects.

Ames strikes me as someone who could be a pretty good reliever, but he’s old for a prospect and struggled in his first year at AAA.

I don’t think this is an important deal. Nolasco isn’t that good, he’s just having a good first half. The Marlins get some salary relief, but do they really need that at this point? The Marlins need young players they can turn into cheap major league talent. This is doing something because something needed to be done.