Kyle Lohse Trade

The Stl Cardinals ace pitcher last year has officially been traded to the Milwakee Brewers today for 3 years and 33 million dollars. A 16 game winner and cardinals ERA (earned run average) leader after last year and he gets traded to the Cardinals division rival. On the bright side the Cardinals do benefit a little bit from this trade. They get a compensation pick that it positioned itself for by making Lohse the qualifying offer. They get a 28th first round pick and will add at least 1.65 million to the cardinals pool of draft money. Since the Brewers have signed Lohse they also loose a first round 17th pick to the Cardinals.