The dust has settled from the MLB trade deadline, with approximately 50 trades taking place since Wednesday morning. Contending teams looked to fortify their playoff chances, rebuilding teams hope they have building blocks for the future and other teams straddled the line between buying and selling. We’ve already gone over the biggest losers. Let’s take a look at five teams that improved their situation the most coming out of the July 31 trade deadline. Athletics overhaul farm system with eye toward Las Vegas Trading a closer for one of the top three prospects in baseball is enough to make any team a winner at the deadline. The A’s managed to get far more than that for pitchers Mason Miller and JP Sears, adding baseball’s third overall prospect in Leo De Vries. The A’s also landed the Padres’ third-, 13th- and 17th-best prospects in a deal that could be felt for years to come and acquired pitching prospect Kenya Huggins in a deal for outfielder Miguel Andujar just before the deadline. Having a top closer onRead More
Five biggest winners from the MLB trade deadline
