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MLB Exec on Deadline: A Million Trades, But Did Any of Them Really Make a Big Impact?

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While it was an eventful MLB trade deadline with countless deals being made right up until the last minute, one executive argues that of all the trades made, none were of great significance.

"That's the story of this deadline," the American League executive said, per The Athletic's Jayson Stark. "There were a million trades. But did any of them really make a big impact?"

Just two All-Stars were traded at this year's deadline: Reliever Tanner Scott, who was traded from the Miami Marlins to the San Diego Padres, and Isaac Parades, who was dealt to the Chicago Cubs from the Tampa Bay Rays.