Looking at the pieces without context, GM Stan Bowman often seems to lose trades. The reality has proven to be a bit more complicated.
After every trade deadline, there comes a rush to judgment as analysts and fans try to figure out who "won" and "lost" on one of the busiest days of the year. We often try to grade moves in real-time, even while admitting we don't know what happened behind the scenes. It's a fun, and occasionally illuminating, exercise, but it always comes with the known caveat that these deals play over months and years, not the hours after the trigger has been pulled.