MLB Trade Deadline recap

 The MLB trade deadline was today, so I will do a little recap of it and talk about some of the major moves. Let's get into it.

Let's start off with the biggest move of the deadline. The Los Angeles Dodgers, the 2-time defending World Series champions, traded for Detroit Tigers pitcher and 2-time defending AL Cy Young winner Tarik Skubal, in exchange for top prospects. All of baseball is pissed, and understandably so. I am annoyed a bit myself, honestly. Skubal is having a solid season, and the Dodgers are having a great year so far. Do I think LA is ruining baseball? Probably not. I do think this will help tremendously in LA's quest for a 3-peat.

Now to another big move. My favorite team, the Philadelphia Phillies, traded for Luis Arraez, the current NL batting average leader, and reliever Caleb Kilian, in exchange for prospects. I am not sure how good Kilian is. I am more focused on Arraez. I did not have high hopes for Dave Dombrowski and the boys heading into this deadline, but getting Arraez is definitely a big move. This move will mean Alec Bohm will move to 1st base while Bryson Stott moves to 3rd, and Bryce Harper to the outfield. You would think with Trea Turner's struggles in the field, they would move him out of shortstop. But no. That's the only real perplexing thing about this move.

One last move for you. The Baltimore Orioles sent All-Star catcher Adley Rutschman to the Boston Red Sox. Rutschman is hitting .271 with 8 home runs and 47 RBIs. He is a solid catcher, but he's not elite, I wouldn't say. This is a good trade for Boston, and it's obvious now that Baltimore is rebuilding.

That's my recap on the trade deadline! It was more active than ones in the past, that's for sure. I hope you enjoyed it as much as I did.