Cardinals add to bullpen depth, acquire Jonathan Broxton from Brewers

The St. Louis Cardinals certainly buy into the old baseball adage that you can never have too much pitching, even when you have the best record in baseball.

Reliever Jonathan Broxton was traded from the Milwaukee Brewers to the Cardinals on Friday, just a week after the Cards made a deal with the Miami Marlins to bring in former closer Steve Cishek. ESPN.com's Jerry Crasnick was the first to report that Broxton was on his way to St. Louis.

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The 31-year-old right-hander is not the same dominant force he was during his prime with the Dodgers. Broxton has a 5.89 ERA in 36 2/3 innings as a set-up man for Milwaukee this season, but he has been pitching better of late with seven consecutive scoreless appearances.

With St. Louis he'll be just another late-inning option, given how deep their bullpen already is.

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Malik Collymore is the player heading to the Brewers. Collymore is a 20-year-old prospect currently playing rookie-ball as an outfielder after beginning his time in the Cardinals' system as a middle infielder.

The Brewers have now unloaded Broxton, Gerardo Parra, Carlos Gomez and Mike Fiers and could still move Francisco Rodriguez, Adam Lind, Kyle Lohse and Matt Garza before the trade deadline passes at 4 p.m. ET.

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Israel Fehr is a writer for Big League Stew on Yahoo Sports. Have a tip? Email him at israelfehr@yahoo.ca or follow him on Twitter. Follow @israelfehr