
If you’re reading this website, you’re probably well acquainted with what the Yankees did at this year’s trade deadline. Just to run it down quick, they picked up a third baseman in Ryan McMahon, shored up their bullpen with a trio of deals headlined by Camilo Doval (although the early returns on two of those trades have gone poorly), and added some depth elsewhere.
We’ve also taken a look at what the other AL East teams did, but they’re hardly the only teams the Yankees will have to deal with if
they want to return to the World Series. Let’s take a look at happened elsewhere around the American League in the days and minutes before the trade deadline.
We’ll start with looking at the other current AL division leaders, as the Astros made quite a bit of a splash. Houston reacquired their former World Series-winning shortstop Carlos Correa from the Twins. He hasn’t been quite the hitter that he was in his peak with the Astros, but it would hardly be out of the ordinary for him to figure something out.
However, that reunion wasn’t the only move Houston made. They also picked out outfielder Jesús Sánchez from the Marlins and infielder Ramón Urías from the Orioles. Both have only been about league average-ish hitters this year, but have shown the potential to be a bit better. With eight homers, Urías also had his share of moments against the Yankees as well. They didn’t move anyone of note off their major league roster. While the Correa deal is the flashy headliner, none of the deals they made are for current dominant players. There’s always the potential for Astros devil magic, and I may even bet on it, but we shall see.
As for the Tigers over in the AL Central, they mainly just added depth in starting pitchers Charlie Morton and Chris Paddack and relievers Kyle Finnegan and Rafael Montero. All of those could be solid additions, but they didn’t take any big home run swings.
Speaking of home run swings, the Mariners made some big ones, including on a guy who takes lots of home run swings. Eugenio Suárez was one of the biggest names out on the market, with several teams — including the Yankees — in need of a third baseman taking a look at him. In the end, the Mariners pulled the trigger. Besides him, they also picked up Josh Naylor from Arizona, formerly of Cleveland. Former Yankees reliever Caleb Ferguson was another addition, as the M’s looked to shore up their bullpen a bit. You can certainly argue that Seattle made the biggest splash of anyone in the AL.
The only other AL non-East teams who really made additions were the Royals and Rangers. Texas’ moves were probably a bit more notable, as they added Merrill Kelly to their rotation, which is very solid now, and a couple bullpen pieces. Meanwhile, Kansas City did deal from their MLB roster a bit in sending away backup catcher Freddy Fermin, but added Mike Yastrzemski, Ryan Bergert and Stephen Kolek, the latter two of which could slot into the Royals’ rotation this year and going forward.
The Angels sorta bought too, but their buying including bullpen arms and Oswald Peraza, so forgive me for cushioning that with “sorta.”
Pretty much everyone else in the AL sold to some degree, the most notable of which were the Athletics and the Twins. The A’s made one of the deadline’s biggest “whoa” deals in trading Mason Miller to the Padres, in exchange for a package that brought back Leo De Vries, who is considered one of the best prospects in baseball. As for the Twins, they traded away most of the players on their team that you might’ve heard of. It seems a bit drastic for a team that actually wasn’t that far out of playoff contention, but apparently they thought they weren’t going anywhere with that roster.
It was far from the wildest trade deadline that we’ve ever seen, but there were still plenty of interesting moves made across the American League.
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