Los Angeles Dodgers trades

The MLB trade deadline just passed and unless we here reports of something that was consummated just minutes before 4 PM ET, it looks like the biggest splash on the final day of the July trading extravaganza was made by the Philadelphia Phillies. Not because of whom they acquired, as in past years, but who they cut loose. As expected, the Phils dealt Shane Victorino to the Los Angeles Dodgers and more surprising—although rumors had been building the past few days—was the Hunter Pence trade with San Francisco. TheSportsNotebook breaks down the trades from the standpoint of the three teams involved, including the impact on this season’s NL West race…