{"id":48583,"date":"2026-08-05T21:11:07","date_gmt":"2026-08-06T03:11:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gambyl.com\/?p=48583"},"modified":"2026-08-05T21:11:16","modified_gmt":"2026-08-06T03:11:16","slug":"mlb-after-the-trade-deadline-biggest-winners-and-losers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gambyl.com\/es\/beisbol\/mlb\/mlb-after-the-trade-deadline-biggest-winners-and-losers\/","title":{"rendered":"MLB After the Trade Deadline: Biggest Winners and Losers"},"content":{"rendered":"

One number explains the entire deadline. Before the Tarik Skubal trade, FanGraphs gave the Los Angeles Dodgers a 25.7% chance of winning the World Series. After it, 31.4%.

A six-point jump from a single transaction. Their odds are now three times those of the second-ranked team in MLB. And the same trade knocked a point off the Milwaukee Brewers, who were reportedly bidding for Skubal themselves.

Forty-two trades were made. Here is who actually gained and who lost ground.

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WINNERS<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Dodgers de Los \u00c1ngeles<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

No team had more incentive to be aggressive, and none was.

Los Angeles is chasing a third consecutive World Series title; something only the Yankees from 1998 to 2000, and the Athletics from 1972 to 1974 have managed in the Divisional Era. That pursuit justified parting with a genuine prospect package: Zyhir Hope, ranked 25th on the MLB Pipeline top 100, and River Ryan at 68th.

Skubal’s health was the one real question, and he has answered it. Since returning from an elbow procedure on June 13, he has a 2.87 ERA with a 71-to-8 strikeout-to-walk ratio. That is the best left-handed starter in baseball pitching.

There is a case that even the six-point FanGraphs jump undersells this. Projection models do not account for how heavily October rotations lean on their best arms. The 2001 Diamondbacks are the template. Randy Johnson and Curt Schilling threw 34.6% of Arizona’s regular season innings and 58.2% of their postseason innings. Aces matter more in October than any model can capture.

The Dodgers also added Kris Bubic, currently on a rehab assignment. They did all of this while keeping the top tier of their farm system, because their financial resources let them replace talent externally in ways almost no other club can.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Orioles de Baltimore<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The most interesting winner, because they sold.

Baltimore traded Adley Rutschman, a former first overall pick with just over a year of club control left, to a division rival and extracted a return more typical of a superstar than a solid regular.

They acquired three of Boston’s top five prospects: right-hander Anthony Eyanson, the 49th-ranked prospect in baseball and now Baltimore’s number one; Kyson Witherspoon, a preseason top-100 arm; and outfielder Enddy Az\u00f3car. Plus major league catcher Carlos Narv\u00e1ez.

The timing was right. Rutschman remains an above-average catcher but is no longer the perennial MVP candidate people projected, and Baltimore already has Samuel Basallo as its long-term answer behind the plate. They never won a playoff game with Rutschman on the roster.

Mike Elias acknowledged the awkwardness of the trade partner directly: “They’re sending a lot of talent our way, too, and they’re going to have to watch some of these guys when we play each other.”

Selling the right asset at the right moment for the right price is exactly what a disappointing season should produce.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Guardianes de Cleveland<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Cleveland has been able to pitch for years. The offence has been the problem, and this deadline finally addressed it.

The numbers were dire. The Guardians entered deadline day ranked 29th in runs and 30th in slugging. Their outfield production has been the worst in MLB since 2023. Cleveland outfielders have combined for 136 home runs in that span, dead last, and 30 fewer than the second-worst team.

They acquired Jo Adell from the Angels for catching prospect Jacob Cozart. Adell is not a complete player; he has struggled badly against right-handed pitching this year and is not a strong defender, but he has 97th-percentile bat speed at 77.3 mph and hit 37 home runs last season. Cleveland needed exactly that skill.

They also added Nathaniel Lowe from Cincinnati and Foster Griffin from Washington, whose career revival in Japan has carried into the majors with a 3.06 ERA and 1.07 WHIP. Griffin cost them nothing from their top 20 prospects.

In a wide-open American League, Cleveland got meaningfully better without mortgaging anything.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rayos de la Bah\u00eda de Tampa<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The Rays did something out of character, and they were right to.

Small and mid-market teams are usually rational about prospect capital, because even strong contenders carry modest title odds in any single season. Occasionally the correct move is to be irrational. Tampa Bay decided this was one of those years.

They bought low on Freddy Peralta, whose surface numbers with the Mets were down but whose underlying indicators are intact. 94.3 mph fastball velocity in line with recent seasons and a stable 104 Location+. No organisation in baseball has a better record of extracting value through small adjustments.

They added Tyler Wells, who has pristine command and a sub-3.00 ERA since the start of last season, and catcher Liam Hicks, whose breakout is built on a genuine drop in strikeout rate and improved contact quality.

The Rays hold the best record in the American League. These moves give them a real chance to keep the AL East and a first-round bye.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Piratas de Pittsburgh<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The Pirates bought at a deadline, which is news on its own. What matters more is that they bought the right thing.

Pittsburgh does not need another anchor; the young core is already strong. What it needed was to stop losing late leads, and the bullpen was tied for sixth in baseball with 19 blown saves.

They acquired Luke Weaver, arguably the best reliever moved all summer and under club control through 2027. They added Kirby Yates, Lake Bachar, and Camilo Doval, a talented and erratic arm who is a genuine change-of-scenery candidate. Combined with the emergence of Mason Montgomery from the left side, the entire back end has been rebuilt.

They did it without gutting the farm system. For a franchise that has hedged at this point on the calendar for years, that is a clean win.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cachorros de Chicago<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The most improved team in the National League outside Los Angeles.

Chicago’s lineup was already complete; depth, power, speed and contact. The rotation was the hole, and injuries had forced them into stopgaps. They fixed it, acquiring Kevin Gausman from Toronto and Clay Holmes from the Mets, plus reliever Ryan Zeferjahn.

Gausman is a battle-tested playoff starter. Holmes should be an excellent fit in front of Chicago’s infield defence. They parted with real value to get there and probably overpaid slightly, which is how deadlines usually work when you actually improve.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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