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Who might have won the World Series at the deadline -- or lost it?

That was a fun deadline, as trades trickled in over two weeks, and then we ended up with a rush of activity in the final 24 hours. What made this trade period especially unique was that most teams in playoff contention made multiple trades. As always, a slew of relievers changed hands, but so did a couple of starting pitchers under team control past 2018. The biggest impact of the trade deadline doesn't necessarily come in the regular season -- even a superstar player is worth only two or three wins over two months. It comes in October.

With October in mind, which seven teams might have seen their fortunes change at this trade deadline?