It's hard to reduce a single MLB Trade Deadline into camps of winners and losers, especially considering that the future sample size being judged is merely a projection not a reality. But that's not stopping us here at Chat Sports, because baseball is much more fun with debate and Twitter/Facebook flame wars. Here's our list of the 3 Losers Of The 2015 MLB Trade Deadline.
New York Yankees
Oof. So let's get this straight. The Yankees were reportedly in on EVERY SINGLE PITCHING COMMODITY IN THE HISTORY OF MAN this July, but all they did to counter Toronto's cyborg metamorphosis was to trade for Dustin Ackley -- a light-hitting Mariners outfielder who never lived up to his billing over parts of five seasons in the Pacific Northwest. The rotation remains unaddressed, which could prove fatal every fifth day during the CC Sabathia Circus Show. We love the Bombers' lineup and that could be enough to stave off a charging Toronto squad (or secure a Wild Card berth), but no impact starter = ick and more ick.
Boston Red Sox
The Red Sox remain in the ether between their World Series run of 2013 and a non-traditional rebuilding project for the 2016 season and beyond. Dumping Shane Victorino off was a smart play regardless of the shoulder-shrugging return, but the Red Sox used zero of their real bullets (Junichi Tazawa, Koji Uehara) to expedite the retooling process and get this franchise's ship out of the fog. It's the Red Sox, which means a stellar offseason could change things in a heartbeat. Yet, as of now this season is lost and 2016 his question marks dotted all over it.
San Diego Padres
Has a Major League Baseball general manager ever gone from wunderkind to pariah at the warp speed that AJ Preller has? The Padres' farm system could be full of tumbleweeds and we'd be none the wiser, and Preller failed to leverage any of his bevy of attractive trade pieces (Justin Upton, Craig Kimbrel, 3/5 of the starting rotation) to do anything about it. San Diego's the great underachiever of this baseball season, 7.5 out of the second Wild Card spot and spinning their wheels against NL contenders constructed for cohesion not name value. Unless Preller gets trade radical this offseason, next season doesn't look much better.
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