Paul DePodesta reviews the acquisitions of Miguel Tejada and Ryan Ludwick:

Most teams approach July’s trading deadline with the following plan: let’s add meaningfully to our Major League team without trading any member of the Major League team and also holding onto our top prospects. Typically, that’s easier said than done, and this deadline had an added degree of difficulty due to the dearth of impact players available.

All of that made acquiring both Miguel Tejada and Ryan Ludwick all the more exciting for us.

It’s a good read.