Every year, the focus at the trade deadline is on the veterans moving teams and improving the contenders. That’s fair. Tarik Skubal is a big piece who deserves our attention.But for most trades that are made involving a veteran, some regular playing time frees up for another player to seize on the selling team. Non-contending teams are incentivized to play younger players often and figure out if they’ll be part of their organizations’ futures. What position can they handle? Do they have the pitch mix to start? Can they be a late-inning option? Now that the dust has settled from all of the moves, we’ll see some young players step up and get an opportunity to establish their value as major-league regulars.Below are nine young players who stand to benefit the most from the trade deadline activity.Moisés Ballesteros, C/DH, Los Angeles AngelsThe Cubs sent Moisés Ballesteros to the Angels as part of a deal for reliever Ryan Zeferjahn. (Sean M. Haffey / Getty Images)Ballesteros hasn’t caught a lot for the Cubs, and the defensive numbers haven’t been great when he has been behind the plate, either. Chicago’s usage of him at the designated hitter spot also suggests the Cubs thought, at the very least, that his bat was ahead of his glove. Sending him, along with pitching prospect Mason McGwire, to the Los Angeles Angels for reliever Ryan Zeferjahn counts as further evidence that the Cubs don’t think Ballesteros is a catcher going forward.The Angels might want to make that decision for themselves. By advanced metrics, outgoing catcher Logan O’Hoppe was the worst defensive catcher in the big leagues, so maybe the bar is lower in Anaheim than elsewhere. At the very least, two months of Ballesteros catching will provide the coaching staff and the front office with the looks and some of the statistics they’ll need to decide his future at the position. Incumbent Angels catcher Travis d’Arnaud, an impending free agent, is 37 and not part of their future.Ballesteros’ toolkit is there to be a good major-league hitter. He’s shown above-average bat speed along with an above-average strikeout rate, which is a good building block. Taking those two stats alone as a filter and looking among qualified hitters this year, some of his comps include Andy Pages, Wilyer Abreu and Sal Stewart. He should get regular at-bats with the Angels, either as a DH or a catcher. Get the bat, hope he finds a position — that’s the plan in Anaheim.Yovanny Cruz, RHP, Washington NationalsYovanny Cruz, one of the pitchers the Yankees sent to the Nationals in the Luis García Jr. trade, has top-line stuff with a triple-digit fastball and a low-90s slider. In fact, he rates in the top 10 in Stuff+ among relievers under 27 with at least five innings pitched so far this year.