Two days ago marked the trade deadline for Major League Baseball. That means that July 31st was the last day that baseball’s 30 teams could swap big stars and up-and-coming prospects. And teams all over the league did both, including a couple of huge moves with two really big names in baseball moving between the leagues. While my favorite team (the San Francisco Giants!) didn’t make any deals, the trade deadline proved to be a big deal for them too!
Without even dealing a player, the Giants may have another major headache in their way if they want to try and win the National League West division with only 54 games left: Manny Ramirez. Until Thursday, Manny was known as the silly but huge-hitting left fielder for the Boston Red Sox, a team 3,000 miles a whole league race away from my Giants. Today I woke up and Manny is now a huge-hitting left fielder for the Los Angeles Dodgers, who are fighting for the same division title as the Giants! I don’t know if he’s still silly now that he’s in the
The other big trade was one that sent Cincinnati Reds outfielder Ken Griffey Jr. to the Chicago White Sox. This one doesn’t hold back any team I really root for, but personally, I’m hoping the Chicago Cubs win this year’s World Series, because they haven’t won it in over 100 years. The White Sox are now more likely to get to the World Series than ever and might end up facing the Cubs. Griffey might make it harder for the Cubs to shake their nickname of “Loveable Losers”.
Did any of your favorite baseball teams make a big move at the trade deadline? Tell us all about it and how you think it will affect your team and the rest of the league
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