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Trade Imbalance

When stars fetch prospects, who wins?

AMONG THE BIG names moved at Monday's MLB trade deadline were righthanded pitchers Sonny Gray (A's to Yankees) and Yu Darvish (Rangers to Dodgers), both of whom were dealt for a package of seemingly impressive prospects. But how often do those prospects pan out? Looking at the (subjectively) biggest names traded around the deadline between 2007 and '14 provides a clue about who wins when production is swapped for potential.

successful major leaguer

bust

still waiting

2007

BRAVES

Mark Teixeira

Ron Mahay

RANGERS

[successful major leaguer] Jarrod Saltalamacchia

[successful major leaguer] Elvis Andrus

[successful major leaguer] Neftalí Feliz

[successful major leaguer] Matt Harrison

[bust] Beau Jones

2008

BREWERS

CC Sabathia

INDIANS

[bust] Matt LaPorta

[bust] Rob Bryson

[bust] Zach Jackson

[successful major leaguer] Michael Brantley

2009

PHILLIES

Cliff Lee

Ben Francisco

INDIANS

[successful major leaguer] Carlos Carrasco

[bust] Jason Knapp

[bust] Lou Marson

[successful major leaguer] Jason Donald

2010

PHILLIES

Roy Oswalt

ASTROS

[successful major leaguer] J.A. Happ

[bust] Anthony Gose

[successful major leaguer] Jonathan Villar

2011

GIANTS

Carlos Beltrán

METS

[still waiting] Zack Wheeler

2012

ANGELS

Zack Greinke

BREWERS

[successful major leaguer] Jean Segura

[bust] Johnny Hellweg

[still waiting] Ariel Peña

2013

RANGERS

Matt Garza

CUBS

[successful major leaguer] Carl Edwards

[successful major leaguer] Justin Grimm

[bust] Mike Olt

[still waiting] Neil Ramírez

2014

TIGERS

David Price

MARINERS

Austin Jackson

RAYS

[successful major leaguer] Drew Smyly

[still waiting] Willy Adames

[successful major leaguer] Nick Franklin