I use my in-season trade coupon earlier than I'd perhaps have liked to after extension talks with catcher Andy Seminick break down and I want him off our books while we can still get something for him.
Andy wanted 9 years at more than 40k per and, while flexible on duration, was anything but on price. He's good, but he'd have to be way better for us to even contemplate that sort of investment in a 100-120 games per season player.
Things snowball a bit from there as I take the opportunity to do a bit of tweaking - eventually the following deal is struck:
Basically dollar-neutral and pretty even all round, really. We get a great OF who can also play 3B in
Paf, a handy all-slot OF in
Wyrostek and some catcher depth after Andy's departure in
Kluttz.