What Oscar's arrival does, hopefully as well as helping to turn us into a regular contender, is make Wally Pipp obsolete. As I have said previously, his inability to play any other position than 1B was always going to make him vulnerable to becoming trade bait, as he does here in a swap that fills another key hole for us: second base.
TRADE 1 OF 5 (12/22/14)
1B Wally Pipp, P Rip Hagerman and P Marc Hall traded to Philadelphia (AL) for 2B Heinie Groh
A quality infielder with both bat and glove, Heinie will move into the everyday 2B slot that unfortunately pop Lloyd just doesn’t seem up for. Pop is a great club man, and will see his fair share of game time, albeit in a backup role.