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The Red Sox got Victor Martinez

That is a tremendous pick-up. He's one of the best offensive catchers of all time, and the Red Sox are barely hanging on to a playoff position. They have only a 1.5 game lead over the Rangers for the wild-card slot. Frankly, however, I'm not sure whose at-bats Victor is going to take. The Sox have eight solid guys in their line-up, the only exception being Nick Green, and I don't think Victor will be playing shortstop. Some of Victor's ups will come from Varitek's days off, of course, but beyond that ...?

According to Pete Gammons, the Indians made the right moves to get rid of Cliff Lee and Victor Martinez, because they picked up a boatload of strong kids for the future, and they were obviously going nowhere by playing their pat hand.