MLB Trade Deadline Ends, Mercifully

•  The Philadelphia Phillies traded Hunter Pence (OF) to the San Francisco Giants for Nate Schierholtz (OF), Tommy Joseph (C) and Seth Rosin (RP).
•  The Chicago Cubs (finally) traded Ryan Dempster (Guess) to the Texas Rangers for Christian Villanueva (3B) and Kyle Hendricks (SP).
•  The Miami Marlins traded Edward Mujica (RP) to the St. Louis Cardinals for Zack Cox (3B).
•  The Philadelphia Phillies send their entire team I mean Shane Victorino (OF) to the Los Angeles Dodgers for Ethan Martin (SP) and Josh Lindblom (RP).
•  The Kansas City Royals traded Jonathan Broxton (XL RP) to the Cincinnati Reds for J.C. Sulbaran (SP) and Donnie Joseph (RP) and the whole thing was hilarious.
•  The New York Yankees traded Chad Qualls (RP) to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Casey McGehee (3B) and no one can figure out how.
•  The Miami Marlins traded Gaby Sanchez (1B) and some reliever we’ve never heard of to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Gorkys Hernandez (OF) who has one of the best first names ever. There was also a 2013 competitive balance pick sent to the Marlins but who cares.
•  The Arizona Diamondbacks traded Craig Breslow (RP) to the Boston Red Sox for Matt Albers (RP), a ham sandwich and the mortal remains of Scott Podsednik (OF).
•  The Boston Red Sox traded Lars Anderson (1B) to the Cleveland Indians for Steven Wright (Comedian).

So there’s that. Some teams got veterans while others got prospects. Some teams got both and that’s very interesting. Some teams got better and other teams got worse but we really won’t know which ones definitively until a year or two or three from now. Real objective trade analysis takes so much patience that none of us have! One thing I can say with confidence is that all the teams tried their best and now it’s over. Here’s to the end of the chaos. Here’s to beautiful and familiar routine. Here’s to the entire internet getting off my lawn. Here’s to baseball getting back to normal.

Kyle writes baseball nonsense at The Trance of Waiting. You can follow him on Twitter @AgainstKyle.