Time will tell whether the deals the A’s made at the deadline look great, good, medium, bad, or terrible in hindsight. All we can do now is give a review based on the information Oakland had at the time.
Time won’t tell about deals that were never made because who knows what they could have been? All we do know is that Mason Miller, Brent Rooker, and several other A’s whose names came up in possible deals, are staying put for now.
Here is my best attempt at some analysis just moments after the A’s pulled the trigger on two deals: Lucas Erceg to the Royals for SP Mason Barnett, RP Will Klein, and OF Jared Dickey, and Paul Blackburn to the Mets for SP Kade Morris.