For Yankees fans, this trade deadline was largely a snooze fest. The front office waited the entire month of July to determine whether to be buyers or sellers, only to do nothing except trade for a rental reliever whose name — Keynan Middleton — the autocorrect on my phone has had a surprising amount of trouble with (and pick up demoted arm Spencer Howard on essentially a waiver claim).
For the rest of the American League East, however, the deadline was little bit busier. While Sam discussed the implications of the Yankees’ decision to mostly stand pat earlier, let’s take a look at what the division rivals have been up to, starting from right above the cellar-dwelling Yankees.