blanton for cardenas, outman, and spencer

The Phillies yesterday traded infielder Adrian Cardenas (single A), LHP Josh Outman (double A), and outfielder Matt Spencer (single A) for A's starter Joe Blanton. Add Blanton to the list of starting pitchers (Myers and Eaton) with steep losing records. (However does this team have one of the better ERA's in the NL?) Who knows about Blanton? I was hoping to see Cardenas, a hot prospect who can really rake, later this season at double-A Reading. Outman, it was speculated, might have ended up this year in the Phillies bullpen. I confess to knowing nothing about Spencer and shall just wish him well. With Chase Utley at 2nd, Cardenas, a second baseman, was no doubt eventually out of here, but I was still hoping that the recent trade rumors were just that. Bye-bye, Adrian and the splendidly-named Outman.