Fantasy Spin: Felipe Lopez To The Brewers

With the trade deadline quickly approaching, the Brewers and Diamondbacks reached a deal today. The Brewers acquired second baseman Felipe Lopez from Arizona for minor-leaguers Cole Gillespie and Roque Mercedes. Felipe will most likely bat lead-off for the Brewers. So far this season he has a .355 batting average and four home runs from the lead-off spot. He is sporting a .372 OBP from the lead off position, and a .364 OBP overall. This should allow him to score tons of runs with Hardy, Braun, and Fielder hitting behind him. So far this season Felipe is hitting .412 with one home run at Miller Park. The entire Brewers offense should see an improvement now that they have a true lead-off man getting them started. On the other side of the trade, the Diamondbacks received two solid minor leaguers. Mercedes is just 22-years-old, and has a 1-1 record with a minuscule 1.08 ERA in 29 relief appearances. Gillespie is hitting .242 with seven home runs and twenty-seven runs batted in for th...