The Cardinals made a trade for a third baseman:

The St. Louis Cardinals got some help at third base on Thursday, acquiring Pedro Feliz from the Houston Astros for minor league pitcher David Carpenter.

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Felipe Lopez has been starting at third base since David Freese was sidelined by injuries in June. He’s slumped at the plate and in the field lately, committing two errors on Wednesday, prompting the Cardinals to go after the 35-year-old Feliz.

Feliz’s offense has been underwater since 2005, but his defense was great. That’s not true this year. I’m not sure this does anything to make the Cardinals better.

Carpenter pitched decently in the minors as a reliever. I have to believe the Astros got the best of the deal. All they need to do is put a replacement player at third base to improve the team now.