MLB Trade Deadline Review: Highlighting the Winners and Losers

The MLB trade deadline came and went yesterday, with a flurry of activity across the landscape of Major League Baseball.

Several teams improved their ball clubs dramatically, while others were relatively inactive. The deadline always brings about teams that are considered winners or losers, in the eyes of the experts.

I have highlighted my list here:

TRADE DEADLINE WINNERS
Texas Rangers

I wrote in the past that the Rangers had the best chance to make a trade deadline splash, based on their abundance of minor league prospects they could potentially deal. Well, they answered the bell.

The Rangers addressed their questions behind the plate in acquiring the best catcher on the market, the Brewers’ Jonathan Lucroy. In addition, Texas bolstered their bullpen with hard-throwing reliever Jeremy Jeffress, the other piece in the Lucroy deal with Milwaukee. Yet, they managed to hold onto one of their top prospects, slugging left-handed hitter Joey Gallo.

And just prior to landing Lucroy and Jeffress, Texas managed to swipe Carlos Beltran from the Yankees, sending former number 4 overall pick Dillon Tate — a right-handed pitcher — as the main piece in a four-player deal to the Bronx.

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