The Cardinals have acquired 35-year old righty swinging 3B Pedro Feliz and cash from the Astros for 25-year old righty reliever David Carpenter. Feliz has played in 97 games for the Astros this year and he was 64 of 289 (.221 avg, .555 OPS) with 22 runs scored, 4 homers and 31 RBIs. He has now played in 1,262 games in 11 years in the majors and he is 1,040 of 4,134 (.252 avg, .704 OPS) with 473 runs scored, 139 homers, 589 RBIs and 13 stolen bases. Carpenter was pitching well in A-ball for the Cardinals. He pitched in 49 games (0 starts) in A-ball this year and he was 5-3 with 20 saves, a 2.36 ERA and a 1.13 WHIP. Despite his success in the minors this year Carpenter was not one of the better prospects in the Cardinals’ minor league system. Feliz will likely immediately step into the starting lineup for the Cardinals at 3B with Felipe Lopez bumping Brendan Ryan to the bench at SS.