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Deadline deals: From studs to duds

By Jerry Crasnick
ESPN.com

Wednesday, September 2, 2009

A month isn't very much time to assess a trade. But when you have only two months to see whether a deal is serving its intended purpose, four weeks will have to suffice. Scott Rolen, Orlando Cabrera, Jerry Hairston, Jack Wilson, Ian Snell, John Grabow, Edwin Encarnacion, Ronny Cedeno and Kevin Hart were among the players who changed teams at the July 31 non-waiver trade deadline. Except for Hairston, who's a reserve for the Yankees, and Cabrera, who has a .282 on-base percentage in 29 games wit ...

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