The White Sox did nothing on the day of MLB's trade deadline, but they'd already secured their place on the "Deadline Winners" lists in many columns and blogs.

Try as they might, the Cubs hadn't accomplished much of anything with 18 or so hours remaining before Tuesday's deadline. If nothing else, their new front office ultimately demonstrated that they can work on a tight deadline.

Last Monday, the Cubs had reportedly traded Ryan Dempster to the Braves for young hurler Randall Delgado. Dempster awoke from an afternoon nap to news of the trade being all over Twitter. He used his 10-and-5 rights to block it, drawing the wrath of many Cubs fans and leaving the Cubs scrambling to work out a deal with his preferred team, the Dodgers.