OAKLAND, Calif. -- Some trades are better than others -- for players and teams.
When right-hander Jeremy Hellickson was traded by the Phillies to Baltimore on July 28, he went from a last-place team in the National League East to a team in the middle of a heated American League playoff race.
"That's definitely the best part," Hellickson said Saturday of getting traded. "It was a good group over there. I had fun with those guys, but we didn't have a chance to make the playoffs. You know, you win a game but it doesn't really mean anything.