MLB trade deadline winners and loser

The July 31 MLB trade deadline has now been over for a couple hours, and it seems safe to say that everything is now in the books, with the Texas Rangers’ acquisition of Ryan Dempster from the Chicago C ubs looking like the last notable deal, getting in just under the wire before the clock struck 4 PM ET. Presuming that there’s nothing else that just hasn’t been made public—or if there is, it won’t be noteworthy, here’s some closing thoughts on baseball’s annual summer trading frenzy…