MLB Trade Deadline Winners & Losers

We have hit the home stretch in Major League Baseball season. It's a day after the trade deadline, with a lot of moves coming down during the wire. Teams got some big names, while others sold off big pieces. Big pitchers got moved, as did big hitters. So here's some of the winners and losers to come out of Monday's trade deadline.

Winner: Los Angeles Dodgers
This was going to be a given that the Dodgers were going to come out a big winner from the deadline. Why? Tarik Skubal. It cost the Dodgers quite a bit with three minor leaguers going to Detroit. but now by adding Skubl into the rotation, that makes the Dodgers even more of a dominating factor. The rotation now looks like its Shohei Ohtani, Blake Snell, Tyler Glassnow and Skubal. Is there really any competition for the Dodgers anymore? On paper, no.

Winner: Tampa Bay Rays
Yes, this is a surprise to see the Rays here, but yes, they are winners coming out of the deadline. Tampa needed another arm in the rotation and another bat in the lineup, and they went out and got both. The bat wasn't a huge bat, but it was big enough to make an impact. That being Liam Hicks. He's a solid catcher and DH and a pretty good hitter. And he's signed long term so the Rays may have answered a big question behind the plate and a pretty good hitter. They also got a rental for the rotation that they can hope find his form from last year. Freddy Peralta looked off while pitching for the Mets this season, so the Rays are hoping that he can find his form again, or something close to it, from what he was last season in Milwaukee.

Losers: New York Mets
Well we could have put the Mets from here at the beginning of the season with who they lost over the winter. And when you consider how bad they have been this year, it may not be such a bad thing getting rid of the talent they did. But the Mets got rid of some of their name power with the guys they got rid of. Freddy Peralta, Clay Holmes, Tyrone Taylor, Luke Weaver, A.J. Minter, Brooks Raley, and Huascar Brazobán all now off the roster. And they got some guys in the minors now who might be decent, but it leaves a lot to be desired for the future of the team as well.

Losers: Atlanta Braves
A little weird putting a first place team on the losers list, but it feels like the Braves kind of fit that mold here. They didn't acquire anybody of note. All they did was grab Tyler Mahle (5.13 ERA), Bailey Falter (13.97 ERA), Lane Thomas (.719 OPS) and Brent Suter (4.12 ERA). It was all lower tier players who could have an impact, but nothing major of note. This isn't taking anything away from how good the Braves are. They are in first in the NL East with a 67-45 record at the time of this writing, but it kind of feels like they could have done something in the way of being able to compete with the Dodgers.

Losers: Milwaukee Brewers
The argument I just made with the Braves, you could make the exact same thing with the Brewers. The Brewers have the best record in baseball at time of this writing at 69-43, one less loss than the Dodgers for the honor. The Dodgers went out and got the best pitcher that was put on the market. Just imagine how deadly the Brewers staff would have been by having Skubal and Jacob Misarowski in the sawme rotation going into the playoffs.