Stairs went to Texas for a P Jose Diaz. Affeldt and Bautista went to Colorado for first baseman Ryan Shealy and pitcher Scott Dohmann.
I hear Shealy is the real deal and has been stuck behind Todd Helton. Affeldt and Bautista both have good stuff, but have always been injury prone and inconsistant.
I hate to see Stairs go, but he's not a part of the future and we got another young pitcher out of the deal. There's already talk of bringing Stairs back next year.