Now that we can look back at the trading deadline and realize Matt Lawton and Buddy Groom were about as good as it got, we now realize that the additions that might alter the pennant races will likely have to come out of the farm systems. Brian Cashman's point, all along.

We've already seen some of the influx, with Conor Jackson in Arizona, Jonathan Broxton and Dioner Navarro in Los Angeles, Manny Delcarmen in Boston. We likely will see many more between now and the end of this month, from the Twins' Francisco Liriano to the Red Sox's Jon Papelbon and Craig Hansen to the Cubs' Felix Pie to the Angels' Kendry Morales.

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