[ptautscher]

The main reason for doing this trade was because of the surplus of infielders we had. Joe Wendle is blocked by Wong at second and Castellanos at third and Muncy is blocked at first by Matt Olson. Wendle is too good and cant play enough positions to become our utility infielder, Ladendorf has been called up to take that spot. Singleton is now the everyday first baseman and as Tuiasosopo can backup first, it gives Olson a little more time to develop in the minors. Picking up Keuchel has also really helped the uncertainties I had about the fifth starter, as he slots in at third pushing Frias and Farmer down, and converting VerHagen to the Emergency SP.
We are now pretty much set to gun for the postseason again, and looking at Triple A, we could be getting quite a bit of help soon.