Every year, Major League Baseball teams make trades and improve themselves at the trade deadline.
The 2012 MLB Trade Deadline was no different, with the Los Angeles Dodgers, Chicago White Sox and others putting themselves in great positions for playoff runs.
But the opposite is always true as well, with teams making questionable decisions that hurt their playoff chances.
Let’s take a look at five teams that made some very questionable moves at this year’s trade deadline.
(Check out my power ranking of the five best July trades, too.)