The 10 Best August Waiver Trades in MLB History

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The Angels made a splash Sammy Sosa Authentic Jersey on Thursday by acquiring All-Star outfielder Justin Upton from the Tigers in the most significant waiver trade of the season. August trades are infrequent, and less frequently significant. You get plenty of deals like the Yankees acquiring 37-year-old minor-league catcher Erik Kratz, but Ron Santo Jersey deals as significant as the Upton one are rare—rare enough, in fact, that we felt inspired to look at 10 of the best. The only Munenori Kawasaki Jersey reason this trade is important is that it gave Minnesota the chance to screw up and release Big Papi six years later. Oops. The third stop in Mark Grace Youth Jersey Delmon Young’s strange MLB career was Detroit, where he landed in a trade with the Twins on Aug. 15, 2011. His numbers in the regular season were pedestrian but Tigers fans (and Yankees fans) will definitely remember what he did in the 2011 and 2012 postseasons. Young Justin Grimm Jersey played a key role in Detroit’s 2011 ALDS win over the Yanks and a bigger part in vanquishing New York in the 2012 ALCS, a series in which he was named MVP. It may seem early to rank this Jon Lester Jersey among the most impactful August trades in history but hear me out. Mike Trout has absolutely no help in the Anaheim lineup.