Nor was the White Sox payroll purge. If we need these type of deals to redistribute talent, then there is something inherently wrong with this game. Rules should allow for liberal stocking of reserve and farm systems. Teams should be rewarded for doing their homework. You hear this a lot, but it never eases the hard feelings.
Somebody always loses out, because only one team can land that marquee player.
The allusion here is that a single player dump has little impact, but this is wrong. Several years ago, the Athletics dealt Mark McGwire to St. Louis in a classic MLB dump deal. But those 14 HRs could very well have meant the difference in a Rotisserie team's title quest. Shifts in talent have more far-reaching effects in fantasy baseball than in the real game, and we have to come to terms with that reality.