OK, it’s trade deadline day, let’s take a look at the ramifications of some of the trades before we get into tonight’s action.

 Ken Griffey Jr was traded to the White Sox for minor leaguer Danny Richar and middle reliever Nick Masset.  Masset hasn’t been anything worth talking about this season in relief for the Sox.  He is 1-0 with a 4.63 ERA and…
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Tags: Andre Ethier, Andruw Jones, andy laroche, Anibal Sanchez, Brandon Moss, Brandon Phillips, Bryan Morris, Craig Hansen, damaso marte, Danny Richar, grady sizemore, Jonathon Papelbon, josh johnson, Juan Rivera, Kenn Griffey, khalil greene, manny ramirez, matt kemp, Mike Hamton, Nick Masset, rich harden, ryan zimmerman

A lot of news revolving around the Yankees/Red Sox series tonight, as Joba Chamberlain took his real first step forward to becoming a dominating starter as he went into Fenway Park and shutout the Sox over seven innings and struck out nine.  Chamberlain is going to have a big finish to the season, so I would test his value in a trade (don’t…
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Tags: Bobby Abreu, Chris Carpenter, cliff lee, damaso marte, david ortiz, edinson volquez, joba chamberlain, joe crede, Joel Zumaya, John Grabow, johnny damon, Josh Fields, manny ramirez, Melky Cabrera, mike hampton, Ross Ohlendorf, todd jones, Tyler Yates, Xavier Nady

The Boston Red Sox are going to turn effective, yet unremarkable, starter Justin Masterson into a short relief specialist for the second half of the season (and the playoffs), I would assume. What does this mean to you? Well, if you were riding the wave of Masterson, it is safe to jump off that ship now. He was 4-3…
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Tags: chris davis, clay buccholz, damaso marte, Jeff Francoeur, Justin Masterson, mike aviles, pedro martinez, ryan church, scott baker