August
05MLB Changes After Trades
Last Monday the non-waiver trade deadline has come and gone, leaving teams to play with their new toys or wonder what might have been. What the trade deadline always does is dramatically change some teams, though often not as dramatically as we’d imagine. Let’s start with the Rangers/Brewers deal. The Rangers added a starting catcher, an outfielder with some pop, and a power bullpen arm. The Brewers, on the other hand, dropped two of their top bullpen arms, their catcher, and didn’t get much that’s major league ready. But the Rangers were already good and the Brewers were already bad. […]
