When the Cincinnati Reds swung a deal for veteran right-hander Zack Littell at the MLB trade deadline, it made a lot of sense. Hunter Greene was still working his way back from injury, a bunch of the rotation depth had already been lost for the season, and Chase Burns was on an innings limit.
Getting 10 starts and 53 innings to the tune of a decent 4.39 ERA from Littell was a nice boost, and the cost wasn't all that great with Adam Serwinowski and Brian Van Belle being all that was needed to shore up the rotation for the stretch run.