A's land infielder Wendle from Tribe

Three of Cleveland's top 10 prospects, per MLB.com, are middle infielders. With Oakland dangling Brandon Moss and depth to deal from, the Indians made a trade for the slugger Monday.

The Indians and A's announced they had agreed to swap Moss for second base prospect Joe Wendle, who was ranked No. 9 in Cleveland's system. The site has sinced placed him at No. 14 in Oakland's farm system.

Wendle is a 24-year-old second baseman who hit .265 with eight homers and a .725 OPS in 93 games, mostly with Double-A Akron, in 2014. Those numbers were a step back for the 2012 sixth-round pick after hitting .295 with 16 homers and an .885 OPS with Class A Advanced Carolina in 2013. Most of his 2014 damage came before late June, when Wendle suffered a broken hamate bone and missed more than a month.

MLB.com's Pipeline touts Wendle's hitting ability as his "lone standout tool," noting that he has a good plate approach and hits using the whole field. The infielder could be an average defender at second base, with the Pipeline team praising him as a "steady, capable second baseman."

Wendle is a fit for Oakland as a nearly MLB-ready middle infielder -- the team currently has Eric Sogard penciled in to start at second base, with Nick Punto on the bench and no notable prospects with experience at Double-A or higher at the keystone.

In exchange for Wendle, Cleveland will have control of Moss for the next two years, with MLBTradeRumors.com projecting the outfielder/first baseman to earn $7.1 million via arbitration this offseason.