Winners at the trade deadline

by DJ87 on Aug 1, 2006 9:19 PM EDT

Well the Cardinals acquisitions of Ronnie "Thug 4 Life" Belliard and Jorge "Don't call me Sammy" Sosa were pretty underwhelming. Some other teams such as the Yankees, Rangers, Dodgers, Reds and others added quality players. I was wondering who the VEB community thinks improved their position the most at the deadline. Please vote for who you think was the big winner among the buyers (I might do sellers later) at the deadline. Also post some comments about why you think whatever team improved the most. Remember this isn't just who added the biggest names, but who improved their team the most, who most increased their chances of making the playoffs or winning a WS. Also consider what each team gave up and how much money they took on.

P.S. I may have forgotten a few guys or a team that should be considered. If so just write them in a comment.

Poll

Who was the winner among the buyers at the trade deadline?

Tigers (Sean Casey)

5 votes

Other

0 votes

Yankees (Bobby Abreu, Cory Lidle, Craig Wilson)

44 votes

Dodgers (Betemit, Lugo, Maddux)

7 votes

Rangers (Stairs, Carlos Lee, Kip Wells)

12 votes

Reds (Lohse, Cormier, Guardado, other RP)

5 votes

Braves (Aybar, Baez, Wickman)

0 votes

Cardinals (Belliard, Sosa, Weaver)

0 votes

Astros (Huff)

0 votes

Mariners (Eduardo Perez, Ben Broussard)

0 votes

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the yanks...

definatly the yanks, with Sheff, Matsui, Cano and now Philips out, they really needed some hitters to fill those holes to stay in the hudge AL race thats going on. Personally, i feel that their SP is OK, and Lidle is more of plus other than an upgrade.

while on the other hand, Cinci went for the right positions to fill, but filled them with the wrong folks. Thier bull pin just doesn't look upgraded with their new aquirings, maybe Guardado; but he's becoming old (36) and seeing how Lohse pitched tonight (one inning pitched, ER, 4 hits, 7.10 ERA) i still see him more as a minor than a major leaguer.

~Fox~

by pujols5 on Aug 1, 2006 11:43 PM EDT reply actions

Yankees and those $$$$$

Its obvious to me that the Yankees got the prize jewel of the deadline and with Lidle as a toss in.

If I were a Pirates fan though...hoo boy is Littlefield a moron. He got NOTHING decent in return for the guys he sold off. He sold off a young electric arm and kept worthless veteran pieces (Burnitz, Randa) that may have had some marginal value...absolutely horrible job.

I thought the Lee deal was a good one for Texas w/o giving up a lot.

I really thought highly of what Krivisky did at the deadline. Not a huge fan of the Kearns deal but if I was a Reds fan I would at least feel like he was committed to fielding the best team come October.

by azruavatar on Aug 2, 2006 8:40 AM EDT reply actions

The Rangers

I gotta go with the Rangers...Stairs is an underrated DH and Carlos Lee will be an incredible talent for them in the stretch run.

How sad is it that Reds fans are just happy that they have a manager who will make deals to try to build a team that can win in October...even though the deals minimally upgraded them. Majewski has been gettin' rocked and Bray just lost a game for them last night. Cormier will be nice, but why did they feel the need to add 6 new relievers? Guardado I understand, a dang good closer who just fell into a bad situation out in Seattle and Cormier is a good lefty specialist. Tradin' Kearns and Felipe for Majewski and Bray just seems like a worse and worse deal since Kearns and Felipe are hittin' pretty well out in Washington.

by lopey986 on Aug 2, 2006 9:15 AM EDT reply actions