The two biggest deals at the trade deadline saw two good but oft injured pitchers make their way to big market contenders. The Yankees pulled the trigger first, acquiring Sonny Gray from Oakland for three prospects. Closer to the deadline, the Dodgers also dealt three minor league players to acquire Yu Darvish from the Rangers.

Gray owns a 3.43 ERA in 97 innings this season, with good three-true outcome numbers. His home run allowed total is low, however, from pitching in Oakland, although that is more of a 2017 anomaly. For his career, he allowed a .357 slugging percentage at home, .345 on the road. His total slash line against stands at .235/.296/.352. That the line of an excellent pitcher.

Darvish has not pitched a full season since 2013, but the Dodgers staff is made up of oft injured pitchers. The trick for them is to to keep any five healthy at once. The Dodgers must love Darvish’s 148 strikeouts and 45 walks in 137 innings, and his home runs allowed should get a bit better moving out of Texas.

Oakland received three very good prospects, even though two of them are injured right now. There is tremendous upside to the A’s in this move.

The prospects the Rangers received are less impressive, but two of them are very young. The Yankees control Gray through the 2020 season, while Darvish will be a free agent at the end of the year. In other words, the Dodgers are really trying to win now, while the Yankees, eight years removed from their last World Championship, are building a longer-term winner. Their trade helps them now and over the next few seasons.