The Rays have finally made a move to complete the DF’A of Winston Abreu by trading him to the Cleveland Indians for reliever John Meloan. Meloan will be placed on the 40-man roster, in the last open spot. Abreu was designated for assignment to make room for Chad Bradford last Saturday. Abreu was originally signed as relief depth for spring training, he had tore up hitters in Durham and came up when Jason Isringhausen was placed on the DL and eventually getting Tommy John surgery.

As for Meloan, here is a bit from Marc Lancaster:

Meloan was acquired by the Indians on July 26, 2008 from the Dodgers
along with catcher Carlos Santana in exchange for infielder Casey
Blake. In 2007 he was named a Southern League All-Star and Double-A
Reliever of the Year by MinorLeagueBaseball.com. He was selected by the
Dodgers in the fifth round of the 2005 June Draft out of the University
of Arizona.  

A former prospect now, Meloan turns 25 on July 11 and will be placed in AAA Durham. This move gives the Rays another reliever on the 40-man with options joining Dale Thayer.

A big pitcher at 6′3” 230 pounds, John Meloan has pitched well in the minors before joining the Dodgers during the 2007 season. A career K/9 of 10.8 in the minors, Meloan has pitched in 9.1 innings with both the Dodgers and the Indians getting a FIP of 5.90 allowing nine walks and getting nine strikeouts. This season with the AAA affiliate of the Indians, Meloan has pitched 44 innings with 4.52 FIP and a not as promising 7.57 K/9.

In the little time he has pitched in the Majors, Meloan has had all of his appearances tracked in pitch f/x. He features a low-90s fastball that he can cut around 90 mph and has a big breaking low 80s curveball. His arm angle looks to be a three quarters to side arm, possibly whipping his arm. Although Abreu has pitched much better than Meloan at AAA this season, Meloan gives the Rays another reliever with options to call up and/or send down. His teammate Thayer is really his competitor for a call-up in case of an injury to the bullpen.

At least the Rays got someone decent after letting Abreu go.

[Update] Here is a scouting report from the Indians Prospect Insider.