While all baseball publications declare winners and losers prior to the off-season or trading deadline, we wait till the season is totally complete. Those who were labeled as winners end up being losers, and those labeled as losers end up being winners. Therefore, here are our top 10 winners (with honorable mentions) and losers of this past season of players and our top 5 of teams- consisting the combination of the prior off-season and midseason.

 

PLAYERS

 

WINNERS

Max Scherzer (Nationals)

Nelson Cruz (Mariners)

Josh Donaldson (Blue Jays)

Andrew Miller (Yankees)

Kendrys Morales (Royals)

Cole Hamels (Rangers)

David Price (Blue Jays)

Troy Tulowitzki (Blue Jays)

Yoenis Cespedes (Mets)

Ben Zobrist (Royals)

 

Honorable Mentions

J.A Happ (Pirates)

Johnny Cueto (Royals)

Luke Gregerson (Astros)

David Robertson (White Sox)

Marco Estrada (Blue Jays)

Francisco Cervelli (Pirates)

Dee Gordon (Marlins)

Yasmani Grandal (Dodgers)

Colby Rasmus (Astros)

Jung-ho Kang (Pirates)

 

LOSERS

James Shields (Padres)

Pablo Sandoval (Red Sox)

Hanley Ramirez (Red Sox)

Jeff Samardzija (White Sox)

Mat Latos (Marlins, Dodgers)

Jonathan Papelbon (Nationals)

Jimmy Rollins (Dodgers)

Jim Johnson (Dodgers)

Alfredo Simon (Tigers)

Justin Masterson (Red Sox)

 

 

TEAMS

 

WINNERS

New York Mets

Houston Astros

Pittsburgh Pirates

Kansas City Royals

Toronto Blue Jays

 

LOSERS

Boston Red Sox

San Diego Padres

Los Angeles Dodgers

Chicago White Sox

Baltimore Orioles