An extremely busy trading deadline arrived and ended Tuesday with 10 transactions ending on the last day.

The balance of power in the US and national leagues may not have been greatly affected, but several teams have clearly indicated their decision to run after a title or to return to the reconstruction mode [19659008]. ] WINNERS

– Chris Archer and Kevin Gausman

The two right-handers leave the AL brutal for greener pastures in the National League. With his friendly contract, Archer, 29, is a good choice for the Pittsburgh Pirates. He will continue to call home a pitcher, but he will not have to regularly face designated hitters such as J.D. Martinez and GIancarlo Stanton.

Ditto for Gausman, 27, who also showed shine shine, and should benefit from a change of scenery with the Atlanta Braves. He will have better defense and support behind him, so expect his total wins and 4.43 MPM to show some improvement.

– Tampa Bay Rays

Perhaps the most surprising match of the day was when the St. Louis Cardinals landed their 2017 Team MVP for a league trio minor. Tommy Pham had criticized the organization for some of his moves – and his disappointing average of .248, 14 homers and 41 RBIs allowed him to catch up.

The Rays receiving Pham, as well as outfielder Austin Meadows and pitcher Tyler Glasnow Pittsburgh for Archer, should make the alignment stronger for several years on the road.

– Baltimore Orioles

The team with the worst record in the AL was in need of a complete overhaul. And they had it. After selling the shortstop Manny Machado two weeks earlier, the O dropped Gausman, the reliever Darren O 'Day (who is away for the remainder of the season) and the second baseman Jonathan Schoop . In return, they gathered a lot of perspectives to help rebuild their sterile farm system. Nobody knows how the prospects will develop, but the Os are fully committed to starting again

– Los Angeles Dodgers.

After already adding Machado, NL's western leaders addressed one of the He accumulated the last weak points by acquiring the second-baseman Brian Dozier of the Minnesota Twins.

Dozier, 31, won a Gold Glove last season and although he has only 222 circuits, he has always extended. For example, he averaged .304 / .394 / .591 with 21 homers last season after the Stars break

– Fantasy owners in the NL leagues only.

A host of new talent arrives from the AL for fantasy owners to clinch the waiver thread this weekend.

Archer and Gausman will become mounts in the rotations of their new teams and will deliver better overall results than they have done so far this season.

Dozier and Schoop deliver above-average power to second base. (And Schoop could even become eligible for the shortstop, depending on how he is used at Milwaukee.)

Wilson Ramos going from the Rays to the Philadelphia Phillies brings a high-level receiver once it will be in reasonably good health to be activated on the disabled list by mid-August

SPINNING WHEELS

– Brewers of Milwaukee

Brewers deserve to 39 be commended for their aggression. The transaction for Schoop would have been good if they had not already planned to move Travis Shaw to second place to accommodate the arrival of third baseman Mike Moustakas. Do they now put Schoop at the stop-short – and play two infielders out of position?

It is possible that Shaw could share his time with Jesus Aguilar on first base and that everything went well, but what the Brewers really needed to compete in the World Series was another pitcher (or two). Unless adding someone in an exchange of waivers, they will be leading with Junior Guerra, Chase Anderson and Jhoulys Chacin leading the rotation

LOSERS

– Washington Nationals.

Were they good enough to catch the Phillies and Braves in East NL? They are only 5 1/2 games behind in the division race, but another starting pitcher and one receiver everyday (Ramos?) Would have increased their chances of going deep into the playoffs.

The other option would have been to reload for next season by trading a free agent against Bryce Harper, but it only took a few calls to discover that no team was ready to give up the ransom of a king to praise Harper for two months.

– Oakland A. They were apparently close to an agreement with the Detroit Tigers for starting pitcher Mike Fiers, but he eventually failed. The A's are wild-card contenders (two games behind Seattle for second place in LA) and they could have used a veteran who has launched six consecutive quality starts.

– New York Mets.

It is understandable that the Mets did not want to face the Aes Noah Syndergaard and Jacob deGrom, but to hold Zach Wheeler and Steven Matz with several playoff contenders looking to add starting shots seems curious. Only one NL team has fewer wins this season than the Mets, so it's hard to see why they would be so determined to keep the current team intact.

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