By Grant Brisbee, Andy McCullough and Stephen J. NesbittA trading frenzy that began with a Curtis Mead-for-Connelly Early swap last week and went into warp speed over the weekend when back-to-back Cy Young winner Tarik Skubal joined the back-to-back World Series champion Los Angeles Dodgers mercifully ended Monday evening.Major League Baseball’s trade deadline has passed.Did your favorite team check all of the boxes on your wishlist?Before we look ahead to the baseball season’s stretch run, it’s time to sort all 30 MLB teams into three categories: Winners, losers and snoozers. Winners can be buyers or sellers so long as they appropriately addressed their needs and didn’t overpay. Losers infuriated fans by getting fleeced or missing a crucial chance to improve. Snoozers sat there watching all the fun going on around them, and they felt nothing.WinnersBoston Red SoxThis one might end up looking silly, but we live in silly times.For the folks in Boston harboring ill feelings about the team’s medical staff, this blockbuster deadline from Craig Breslow may only induce further queasiness. Because Breslow put together a big-time prospect package to acquire Adley Rutschman. The catcher is a three-time All-Star. He’s been productive at the plate this season. One problem: he’s currently on the injured list with wrist inflammation. This is his third stint on the shelf in 2026. What could go wrong?Well, a lot. Rutschman has the star reputation without the star production. His injury history is worrisome. And Boston gave up a significant amount of minor-league capital — albeit in the volatile form of pitchers — to acquire him. But we’re making snap judgments here. And the aggression from Breslow, who has absorbed a hailstorm of reasonable criticism in recent years, is notable. The decision to part with former top prospect Marcelo Mayer, sent to San Francisco for hard-throwing but wild reliever Erik Miller, was even more shocking.Breslow caught some bad luck when Curtis Mead suffered a broken hand on his first day with the Sox. Mead is under contract for quite a while, so perhaps he can still help the organization down the road. But the Red Sox look like they could contend right now. If Rutschman can come back healthy, they will look that much more formidable. — Andy McCulloughChicago CubsComing out of the All-Star break, the Cubs’ rotation lined up like this: Colin Rea, Matthew Boyd, Shota Imanaga, Jameson Taillon and David Peterson. Cubs president of baseball operations Jed Hoyer overhauled that group ahead of the trade deadline, adding a pair of two-time All-Star right-handers, Clay Holmes and Kevin Gausman, and lefty Braxton Garrett. The Cubs, who also have Edward Cabrera and Ben Brown on the injured list, should be able to flex some of their surplus starters into relief roles in the postseason.Outfielder Tyrone Taylor is another rangy outfield option for the Cubs, but he also has hit left-handed pitching well this season, which could come in handy in October. All of that adding came at a significant cost to the Cubs’ farm system. The departure of Jefferson Rojas in particular will sting. But the major-league roster is undeniably better because of it, and, in the midst of a division race, that matters most. — Stephen J. NesbittLos Angeles AngelsNot only did the Angels get a bounty of prospects and young players for a lot of players who weren’t going to be around for the next contending roster, but they also avoided doing anything too froggy, like trading Zach Neto or other foundational pieces. The best players the Angels traded — Jo Adell, José Soriano — have far more value to the teams they’re going to than leaving. They’re like older dogs that are actually going to a farm upstate, where they can play to their hearts’ delight and occasionally win a few more baseball games. Good for them.It was the kind of deadline that fans and analysts have waited for years, with minimal risks and maximum rewards. The Angels finally carpe’d a dang diem at the deadline. Now they can move on to more pressing organizational priorities, like getting Neto some longer pants. — Grant BrisbeeLos Angeles DodgersTarik Skubal in Dodger blue? Hard to top that as the biggest move of the deadline. (Luke Hales / Getty Images)The Dodgers got Tarik Skubal. Did you see this? Wild. Yes, yes, they also got practical additions, like Seth Halvorsen and Kris Bubic, who will come in handy when the pitching runs dry, which it does for every team, much less those who have expectations regarding Blake Snell and Tyler Glasnow. The story is Skubal, and rightfully so. The best team in baseball got the best pitcher in baseball. Write it 100 times on a chalkboard if you’re still unsure. Nothing else matters.If there’s a downside to the move, it’s that the Dodgers might not get the best free agent or trade target next season. They’re going to be so disappointing, everyone. Just you wait. — GBPhiladelphia PhilliesBryce Harper said the Phillies needed help. Dave Dombrowski went out and got some. The addition of Luis Arraez will force some defensive repositioning, because the Phillies recognized the status quo was no longer sufficient. Arraez offers a new skillset for a lineup built around sluggers. That could make Philadelphia more dangerous in October. Plus, Dombrowski nabbed relievers Brooks Raley and Caleb Kilian for a bullpen that has been struggling for weeks.So Harper got the help he requested. Now he will need to help his team in his own fashion — by moving back to the outfield. — AMSan Diego PadresAnother addition to the “perfectly reasonable, graded on a curve” cohort, the Padres got the starters they desperately needed (Robbie Ray and Casey Mize) without needing to do some sort of oddball “Gift of the Magi” deal, where they made the active roster weaker while doing it. Instead, they were able to come to an agreement with the Giants on Ray’s remaining salary obligations and talk the Tigers into a deal for a popular deadline target, and the active roster stayed intact. They can keep the Mason Miller fastballs popping and the Korn songs pumping, which was a win for everyone. With the notable exception, perhaps, being those who are simply not ready.It wasn’t A.J. Preller’s flashiest deadline, but it didn’t need to be. He traded prospects away for players who might be good when he’s either the architect of a pennant-winning Padres team or with another organization, but he didn’t gut the organization (more), either. It was the middle bowl of porridge for a guy who usually pours the hot bowl on his head and the cold bowl down his trousers. Sometimes boring is OK. — GBSan Francisco GiantsThe deadline started ominously enough, with the Giants trading Tyler Mahle for a reliever who might otherwise have been designated for assignment at the deadline, but it was a haul that was always going to be judged by the return for Robbie Ray and Luis Arraez, and the Giants delivered on those fronts, getting prospects worthy of attention.Then they took the rare step of trading players with several years of team control left, opting for a proactive youth infusion over another turn with some of their younger veterans. The Giants didn’t need to trade Heliot Ramos or Erik Miller, which meant they could hold out for a POBO’s ransom, and the returns from the Yankees (Henry Lalane, Kaeden Ken) and Red Sox (onetime No. 4 pick Marcelo Mayer) impressed. This has never been an organization to stash highly regarded prospects away like acorns, but there’s no better time to start than now. — GBSt. Louis CardinalsIt was not a particularly busy deadline for the Cardinals, but they continued their selloff apace and did so successfully. They got a great return in an in-division trade, sending pitchers Dustin May and JoJo Romero to the Brewers for prospects Alexander Frias and Josiah Ragsdale. The Athletic’s Keith Law recently ranked Frias, an 18-year-old outfielder, as the No. 69 prospect in the sport. Ragsdale, 22, is having a breakout season at High A and Double A, batting .316 with a 1.022 OPS, 19 homers and 31 steals while handling center-field duties.