The Chicago White Sox didn't deal their most coveted pitcher at the MLB trade deadline. The San Diego Padres went all-in for a bullpen upgrade. And the Los Angeles Dodgers in a last-minute flurry landed this deadline's top starting pitcher.
Which clubs made the right calls? What should we believe (or not believe) about the rest of the baseball season? Now that the dust has settled from the 2024 trade deadline, we asked our ESPN MLB experts to debate what's real -- and what's not -- moving forward.
Real or not: The Dodgers are now the team to beat in all of MLB coming out of the deadline
Alden Gonzalez: Not -- mostly because the makeup of the Dodgers' roster is still very much unsettled.