One reason I like this trade is it helps the bench situation, adding another bat besides Cat who can pinch hit reliably. If Lopez starts on a routine basis which is most likely the expectation, that means either Counsell or McGehee will be available off the bench to hit. Rest for both of those guys as they've been banged up going into August is a good thing. I do wish they'd have given Gamel more of a look and more playing time at 3B to accomplish the same thing, but at least now he has had a decent taste of the bigs, should know how pitchers like to pitch him and will have an opportunity to go down to AAA, play every day, and work on that. He'll be back in a little over a month, anyway. Hopefully this will also end the musical lineups of Kendall batting 1st then 8th then 7th, Hardy batting 2nd then 8th, and all of the randomness that came along with losing Weeks for the year. This isn't something that will put the team over the top, but it hopefully will help more than it hurts.