Now that the dust has settled on what was a breakneck pace of wheeling and dealing ahead of MLB's 2025 trade deadline, what is the playoff picture looking like in the aftermath of all those swaps?

Plus, consider what has happened in the National League West around them these past few weeks. The Diamondbacks were sellers, the San Francisco Giants traded away closer Camilo Doval and outfielder Mike Yastrzemski, and the Colorado Rockies were sellers before the last school year ended.

After a frenetic trade deadline came and went, let’s take stock of who maximized their World Series chances and who could have done more (or less).