The MLB trade deadline featured a flurry of action on Friday afternoon. When the dust settled, some clear winners and losers emerged. Let’s highlight two teams from each side now.

Winners

Los Angeles Dodgers

The defending World Series champion Dodgers were clearly the biggest winners at the deadline, as they reeled in Max Scherzer, Trea Turner, and Danny Duffy.

Scherzer and Turner did not come cheap, as L.A. ceded prized catching prospect Keibert Ruiz (who was essentially blocked on their roster by Will Smith) and promising pitcher Josiah Gray to the Washington Nationals, but GM Andrew Friedman has unquestionably made his team better. It remains to be seen if Scherzer will re-sign with the Dodgers or opt for free agency after October, but Turner is under contract for next season.

Duffy is currently on the IL, but the PTBNL L.A. gave up for him is likely of little consequence. The Royals southpaw would provide another useful arm for manager Dave Roberts down the stretch.

Chicago White Sox

Three separate moves – including two distinct trades with the crosstown rival Cubs – have the White Sox looking like the clear-cut choice to represent the American League in this year’s World Series.

Chicago shed prospects of little importance to grab second baseman Cesar Hernandez from the Cleveland Indians and reliever Ryan Tepera from the Cubs, respectively. The South Siders sent over potential impact players in second baseman Nick Madrigal and pitcher Codi Heuer for Cubs closer Craig Kimbrel, but those were pieces that the White Sox could afford to surrender in pursuit of their first Fall Classic triumph since 2005.

Losers

Chicago Cubs

The Cubs were perhaps the most active team at the trade deadline, and they seemed to come up on the short end of the stick in just about every move they made.

The Kimbrel trade is probably the closest they came to a “win” on Friday. Chicago was fleeced by the San Francisco Giants for Kris Bryant, sacrificed both Javier Baez and Trevor Williams for one prospect from the New York Mets (albeit a former first-rounder in Pete Crow-Armstrong), and took on two “projects” in pitcher Alexander Vizcaino and outfielder Kevin Alcantara from the New York Yankees for Anthony Rizzo, the heart and soul of the 2016 World Series champion Chicago squad.

The Cubs deserve some credit for realizing a rebuild was necessary and getting something in return for players who were probably going to walk away in free agency, but the return should have been better.

Colorado Rockies

It’s hard to believe that teams weren’t offering better than a compensatory draft pick to the Rockies for Trevor Story as a talented rental, but that’s what Colorado ultimately settled for when they held onto the sensational shortstop, who is almost guaranteed to sign elsewhere as an RFA this winter.

“I’m confused and I don’t have really anything good to say about the situation and how it unfolded,” Story told The Denver Post.

Story is the second Rockies All-Star in as many seasons to be dissatisfied with Rockies management; an angry Nolan Arenado was sent to St. Louis for a paltry return last winter.