We've been saying for weeks that the Brewers desperately needed some help in the infield, because starters Jonathan Villar and Orlando Arcia simply weren't performing well enough to continue to start for a playoff-caliber team. Milwaukee middle infielders combined to hit .226/.281/.330 before July 31, which wasn't just poor, it was the weakest mark in baseball.
Clearly the Crew agreed with us, because they didn't just acknowledge the problem, they overwhelmed it, acquiring both Mike Moustakas from Kansas City and Jonathan Schoop from Baltimore.