The Chicago Cubs fell well short of expectations at the trade deadline, namely due to their lack of major rotation additions, but one area they notably improved in is the bench, acquiring switch-hitting utilityman Willi Castro from the Minnesota Twins.
The addition of Castro, who will hit free agency at season's end, spelled the end of the ill-fated Vidal Brujan experiment - to the dismay of, well, pretty much nobody. Despite a -0.4 bWAR and 51 OPS+, the 27-year-old landed on his feet rather quickly after being claimed by the Baltimore Orioles on Sunday.
Last winter, Chicago sent slugging first base prospect Matt Mervis to Miami in exchange for Brujan, ending the fanbase's weird obsession with the former Duke standout and, despite initial cries of shock and horror, Mervis has.