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Taking stock of the trade chips the Milwaukee Brewers can use to buy at the deadline

After a lengthy slide from mid-June through mid-July, the Milwaukee Brewers appear to have righted the ship a bit over the past several days, winning three of their last four ballgames to move to 51-48 on the season. The club will begin play today three games back of the Cubs for first place in the NL Central and a half-game out of a Wild Card spot, still firmly in playoff contention amidst a bunched-up Senior Circuit. David Stearns figures to scour the market for upgrades over the next week-and-a-half before the July 31st trade deadline, specifically to his pitching staff, which ranks 11th in the National League while allowing 4.