The final 31 hours leading up to last week’s Trade Deadline were like nothing we have ever seen.

The frenetic pace from 11 a.m. Wednesday and through 6 p.m. Thursday -- there were 50 deals completed during that stretch -- felt like a tilt-a-whirl, leaving executives, players, reporters and fans dizzy, wondering what domino would be next to fall.

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Yet when asked for his biggest takeaway from last week’s action, one American League executive threw us something of a curveball.

“My big takeaway?” the executive said. “Trades are hard to make.”

The voluminous transaction log suggests otherwise, but his point is well taken. In most cases, a good trade hurts both sides to make; you have to give up talent to acquire talent. When it comes to parting with a top prospect or

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