What happened: Pete Crow-Armstrong, Yordan and Junior Caminero each changed organizations as prospects. Crow-Armstrong was a unanimous 2026 National League MVP, and Yordan took the American League award, per MLB and Topps.
Why it matters: All three trades now read as costly misses for the teams that gave them up, and they feed the argument over how much prospect value should be swapped for established players. Each of the three had grown into an award-level player by the time voting closed.
By the numbers: Caminero, runner-up in AL MVP voting, played 162 games in 2026 with 42 HR, 101 RBI, 100 runs and an .885 OPS, per MLB.
What to watch: Teams weighing prospect-for-veteran deals this offseason will have these three examples in front of them heading into 2027.