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 winners (with honorable mentions) and losers of this past season of players and our top teams- consisting the combination of the prior off-season and mid-season.

 

PLAYERS

 

WINNERS

Johnny Cueto (Giants)

Kenta Maeda (Dodgers)

Ian Desmond (Rangers)

Daniel Murphy (Nationals)

Mark Trumbo (Orioles)

Ender Inciarte (Braves)

Neil Walker (Mets)

Seung-huwn Oh (Cardinals)

J.A. Happ (Blue Jays)

Ben Zobrist (Cubs)

David Freese (Pirates)

Mike Napoli (Indians)

Aroldis Chapman (Cubs)

Andrew Miller (Indians)

Rich Hill (A's/Dodgers)

Ivan Nova (Pirates)

Matt Moore (Giants)

Jonathan Lucroy (Rangers)

Carlos Beltran (Rangers)

Mark Melancon (Nationals)

Matt Kemp (Braves)

Mike Montgomery (Cubs)

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Honorable Mentions

Zack Greinke (Diamondbacks)

Justin Upton (Tigers)

Jason Heyward (Cubs)

David Price (Red Sox )

Jeff Samardzija (Giants)

Jeremy Hellickson (Phillies)

Starlin Castro (Yankees)

Brad Miller (Rays)

Asdrubal Cabrera (Mets)

Todd Frazier (White Sox)

Francisco Rodriguez (Tigers)

Chris Carter (Brewers)

Khris Davis (A's)

Josh Reddick (Dodgers)

Jose Reyes (Mets)

Ricky Nolasco (Angels)

Jay Bruce (Mets)

Jose Segura (Diamondbacks)

Jim Johnson (Braves)

Jedd Gyorko (Cardinals)

Dansby Swanson (Braves)

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LOSERS

James Shields (White Sox)

Shelby Miller (Diamondbacks)

Jordan Zimmerman (Tigers)

Yovani Gallardo (Orioles)

Mat Latos (White Sox, Nationals)

Tim Lincecum (Angels)

Jimmy Rollins (White Sox)

Andrew Cashner (Marlins)

Fernando Rodney (Marlins)

Drew Pomeranz (Red Sox)

Mike Pelfrey (Tigers)

 

 

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