MLB Trade Deadline 2016: Who got traded?
By Josh Hill
The MLB Trade Deadline has arrived, but who ended up getting traded?
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It was a hectic day in Major League Baseball, as the trade deadline whipped up a flurry of activity that has changed the fortune of more ht an a few teams.
Here’s a look at everyone who got traded at the deadline this year in the MLB:
Note – this is a list of players traded in the 24 hours leading up to the deadline, not a comprehensive list of every trade this season.
- Seattle acquired LHP Ariel Miranda from Baltimore for LHP Wade Miley
- Yankees traded LHP Andrew Miller to Cleveland for OF Clint Frazier, LHP Justus Sheffield and RHPs Ben Heller and J.P. Feyereisen
- Diamondbacks traded RHP Tyler Clippard to Yankees for RHP Vicente Campos
- White Sox traded LHP Zach Duke to St. Louis for OF Charlie Tilson
- A’s traded Rich Hill and Josh Reddick to Dodgers for Jharel Cotton
- Twins traded RP Fernando Abad to Red Sox for P Pat Light
- Mets agree to acquire Jay Bruce from Reds
- Twins acquire SP Hector Santiago from the Angels for Ricky Nolasco, Alex Meyer
- Pirates acquire Ivan Nova from Yankees
- Giants acquire SP Matt Moore from Rays
- Cubs acquire Joe Smith from Angels
- Rangers acquire Jonathan Lucroy and Jeremy Jeffress from Brewers for Lewis Brinson and Louis Ortiz
- Rangers acquire Carlos Beltran from Yankees for Dillon Tate, Erik Swanson and Nick Green
The question now is, how do these trades affect the pennant chase in both leagues, and how will it determine which teams can make a final push over the last two months of the season?
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