Baseball —   Teams that benefited most from the trade deadline

 5 days ago the trade deadline for trades in Major League Baseball came to a close. Some teams proved that they were planning on rebuilding, and others showed that they were ready to make a playoff push. Most notably the Texas Rangers, The Los Angeles Dodgers and the San Francisco Giants. The Cleveland Indians and Chicago Cubs are also on that list though they made their trades days earlier. The Rangers acquired Jonathan Lucroy from the Milwaukee Brewers (Catcher), Carlos Beltran from the Yankees (Outfielder/DH) and Jeremy Jeffress (Reliever) also from the Brewers. Both the Yankees and Brewers are rebuilding teams and in return they got some quality prospects for their future. The Dodgers and Giants are the only contenders for the pennant in their division with the Padres and Diamondbacks struggling this year. The Giants only hold a two game lead over the Dodgers so both teams had to improve their rosters to make the pennant race interesting. The Giants acquired Eduardo Nunez from the Minnesota Twins for Alberto Mejia, (a minor league pitching prospect), Will Smith from the Brewers for Phil Bickford (another minor League pitching prospect) and Matt Moore from the Rays for Matt Duffy and Lucius Fox (minor league outfielder). Nunez is having an All star year batting .300 with 12 home runs and 57 runs batted in. Will Smith was probably the best left handed reliever left on the market on the last day. Finally Matt Moore was the best starting pitcher on the market and was an All star in 2013.