2014 MLB trade tracker: Follow all the deadline deals

Grant Brisbee:

There are a million ways to look at the deal, and both teams are getting very, very valuable players. It’s not an insane baseball trade from a practical standpoint. It’s absolutely insane from an emotional standpoint.

Steve Goldman:

This is all very strange, but wonderful, and will surely go down in history as one of the most daring deadline-period deals of all time.

Steve Goldman:

It’s a big deal, in short, and made both bigger and stranger by the fact that it’s between last year’s World Series teams, two great clubs with incredible depth. The Red Sox are dead for 2014, and though they seem to be gunning for a 2015 comeback, that’s no sure thing with the top of their rotation shorn away. The Cardinals had to rethink their pitching staff just to bid for the postseason.

Steve Goldman:

Fuld will provide depth in center as well as a defensive replacement for Jonny Gomes

Marc Normandin:

It’s a risky move, and one that will doubtless leave fans and analysts wondering about other offers that might have been on the table. Still, it’s one that could pay off in the end.

Grant Brisbee:

The Mariners would probably rather have David Price, but considering what they gave up, they shouldn’t be disappointed at all.

Kurt Mensching

The Tigers make the biggest of moves at the trading deadline, adding another Cy Young Award-winner to their pile of starting pitchers.

Grant Brisbee:

If you’re not scared of the Cardinals showing up in October with a suddenly resurgent Masterson flashing his All-Star form from last year, you haven’t watched enough Cardinals.

Over The Monster:

This was a move that had to happen. The Red Sox just didn’t have any use for Peavy anymore. ... For all that, though, I’m not exactly pleased to see Jake Peavy go.

Lookout Landing

Trading for Morales certainly isn’t the end of the world. He’s not going to prevent anyone who deserves playing time from playing and he’s not going to make the team worse. The cost to get him, in terms of player cost, was well within reason. It’s just that there are countless other moves that would’ve likely made much more sense and helped the team a lot more.

Grant Brisbee:

The Detroit Tigers are a good, flawed team, flawed because their bullpen is bathtub toast. To remedy this problem, the Tigers traded for closer Joakim Soria. With that, the Tigers fixed one of the more obvious problems in baseball. Except that Joe Nathan is still the closer.

Marc Normandin:

Whether this deal ends up working out for the Padres and Yankees is somewhat secondary for Headley, as simply getting himself out of qualifying territory has opened up a more promising short-term future on the market. If he manages to turn things around in the Bronx before then, it works out even better.

Halos Heaven:

The 2017 Angels might have been hurt by the trade but the 2014 Angels had to make sure that things were as airtight as possible late in the games.

Pinstripe Alley:

This isn’t the move that the Yankees needed to make to get themselves into the playoffs, but it’s definitely a step in the right direction. They needed a pitcher and got one without giving up anything of real value. It’s a steal.

Steve Goldman:

Billy Beane rolls the dice, the Cubs add a possible centerpiece, and both boldly jump ahead of the annual in-season trade market.