The Red Sox acquired Victor Martinez for Justin Masterson and a couple minor league arms in Hagadone and Price. Some pretty good arms given up, but this was a far more reasonable price than the one that was reportedly being discussed for Adrian Gonzalez. The Sox also flipped LaRoche to the Braves for Casey Kotchman. I guess they wanted to get themselves a good defensive 1st baseman for the stretch run. It will be interesting to see how they go about using all of these guys and how much Martinez catches.
The White Sox received Jake Peavy for four young arms: LHP Aaron Poreda, LHP Clayton Richard, RHP Dexter Carter and RHP Adam Russell. Bizarre as this is essentially the same move that was agreed to in May which Peavy vetoed. It is unclear in what capacity Peavy will be available this year, but he is signed through I believe 2012 so it is a move for the future.
The Marlins made a great move acquiring Nick Johnson from the Nats. Lefty Aaron Thompson was shipped out, I don't know much about him but I do know that Johnson should be huge for that Florida lineup. They desperately needed someone to get on-base ahead of Hanley and they should bat Johnson second, though that remains to be seen.
For some reason the Reds gave up Edwin Encarnacion and someone else for Scott Rolen. I'd rather have Edwin despite his struggles this year.
Yanks picked up Jerry Hairston Jr. So much for countering the Bo Sox.
That is all I have seen...not sure if any more will come rolling in late, but Halladay is reportedly staying put.
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