In the pre-season, I wrote an article where I described each teams’ acknowledged needs and went over what they did during the off-season to address those needs. As I did that, I noticed that many teams did not address all their needs in the off-season and was interested to see which unmet needs have re-arisen and gotten resolved (or not) at the trade deadline. Plus, what new needs arise.

Today, I focus on what major league talent each team acquired, without a lot of time spent evaluating the prospects that went the other way. There are lots of people with way more knowledge of this arena that will provide that depth. Even if they don’t, it will be years before the full impact of these trades is known.

Suffice to say that the Cardinals entered a “sell” mode more aggressively than some fea

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