Another MLB deadline has come and gone. Anyone move the needle? Short answer–probably not a ton. The best player traded, Trevor Bauer, goes to a team with a five percent chance of making the playoffs. The next best player, Zach Grienke, went to a team with a 99.9 percent chance. Getting him was more about what happens in the playoffs, making Greinke probably the most important player to move. The third-best player moved was the headscratcher last week with the New York Mets acquiring Marcus Stroman.

Oakland, still sitting on the outside looking in despite exceeding expectations, made a couple of moves, bolstering an injury-depleted rotation. They added Homer Bailey last week and then Illinois-native Tanner Roark this week. They really just needed anybody who can eat innings at this point. Still, about a 20 percent chance of making the playoffs.

The Cubs made a couple of decent moves, getting OF Nicholas Castellanos, slumping a tad this year, and swapping some bullpen arms.

The Cardinals stood pat. Much to the chagrin of their fanbase. But in a market where there were only a few needle-movers that actually moved, that may not be an awful thing.

Without getting into contracts, prospects, money, etc. here are the top players to move, sorted by WAR over the last 1 1/2 years, along with each new team’s playoff odds, according to Fangraphs.

Poas	Name	New	Old	2019 fWAR	2018 fWar	1.5yr War	New Team Playoff %
RHP	Trevor Bauer	Cin	Cle	2.7	5.8	8.5	5.1
RHP	Zach Greinke	Hou	Ari	3.6	2.9	6.5	99.9
RHP	Marcus Stroman	NYM	Tor	2.9	1.4	4.3	19.1
2B	Scotter Gennett	SF	Cin	-0.4	4.5	4.1	5.9
OF	Nicholas Castellanos	ChC	Det	1	3	4	78.6
RHP	Tanner Roark	Oak	Cin	1.8	2	3.8	19.9
OF	Cory Dickerson	Phi	Pit	1	2.7	3.7	23
RHP	Mike Leake	Ari	Sea	1.3	2.3	3.6	6.6
1B	Jesus Aguilar	TB	Mil	-0.3	3.1	2.8	56.4
OF	Yasiel Puig	Cle	Cin	0.8	1.8	2.6	81.3
OF	Franmill Reyes	Cle	SD	1.4	1.2	2.6	81.3
RHP	Andrew Cashner	Bos	Bal	1.7	0.6	2.3	45.2
C	Martin Maldanado	Hou	ChC	0.4	1.7	2.1	99.9
RHP	Sam Dyson	Min	SF	1.1	0.5	1.6	97.5
RHP	Aaron Sanchez	Hou	Tor	0.9	0.6	1.5	99.9
LHP	Derek Holland	ChC	SF	-0.8	2.2	1.4	78.6
OF	Tony Kemp	ChC	Hou	0.5	0.9	1.4	78.6
RHP	Jordan Lyles	Mil	Pit	0.8	0.6	1.4	38.7
LHP	Jason Vargas	Phi	NYM	1.1	0.2	1.3	23
UTL	Eric Sogard	TB	Tor	2.1	-0.8	1.3	56.4
RHP	Chris Martin	Atl	Tex	0.5	0.7	1.2	98.5
LHP	Roenis Elias	Was	Sea	0.2	0.9	1.1	75.3
RHP	Homer Bailey	Oak	KC	1.2	-0.1	1.1	19.9
RHP	Carl Edwards Jr	SD	ChC	-0.1	1.2	1.1	1
LHP	Mike Montgomery	KC	ChC	-0.5	1.5	1	0
LHP	Adam Kolarek	LAD	TB	0	0.9	0.9
RHP	Dan Winkler	SF	Atl	-0.3	1.2	0.9
RHP	Mark Melancon	ATL	SF	0.5	0.3	0.8
RHP	Hunter Wood	Cle	TB	0.2	0.5	0.7
RHP	Zac Gallen	Ari	Mia	0.7	0	0.7
RHP	Shane Green	Atl	Det	0.7	-0.1	0.6
RHP	Daniel Hudson	Was	Tor	0.4	-0.1	0.3
INF	Christian Arroyo	Cle	TB	0	0.2	0.2
OF	Derek Fisher	Tor	Hou	0.2	0	0.2

As for the prospects that moved, the top guys were Taylor Trammell, Jazz Chisolm (great name), and Jesus Sanchez. The Marlins got the latter two. I’m personally a fan of Logan Allen too. Fangraphs has a breakdown of the prospects here.