USA Today's Bob Nightengale tweets.
HT: MLBTradeRumors
1:02 (my time) -- Ed Price retweets: Source: "Looks good" for Victor Martinez to #RedSox, confirming @BNightengale report
1:07 -- Joel Sherman says the Rays were the only other pursuer and they were out of it days ago.
1:13 -- Rosenthal and Morosi say the Sox are "on the verge," and that it's a "straight up" two-team deal.
1:16 -- Sherman's "gut" says it's Buchholz, and on SOSH, this post, presumably from someone watching NESN:
Gammons sent a text to Merloni saying it is just about done. Buchholz. Ugh.
Ugh, indeed.
1:21 --
Heyman confirms. Doesn't know whether Buchholz is included.
1:25 -- Those watching ESPN say the network has said
no names have been reported yet, seemingly contradicting their own reporter (not that he's much of a reporter anymore, sadly).
The Indians' exact return is not known, but the Red Sox did not include either right-hander Clay Buchholz nor right-hander Daniel Bard in the deal, according to a source.
1:34 -- MLB.com's Jonathan Mayo says Nick Hagadone may be part of the deal.
1:39 -- Mayo says Masterson also included. Did the Sox just get Martinez without giving up Buchholz or Bowden??
1:40 -- Heyman says deal is done, Buchholz not included.
1:47 -- Mayo's got the source here apparently, as he says Sox and Tribe are still looking at names to add to the deal.
1:50 -- Heyman confirms Masterson is included.
1:54 -- Nightengale says the deal is to be announced shortly.
1:56 -- Meanwhile, Mike Silva at NYBaseballDigest says that with the Martinez deal in place, Adam LaRoche is likely headed to the Mets.
1:58 -- Nightengale says deal is done.
1:59 -- Heyman tweets the Sox are now "shopping" LaRoche, and that the Braves are interested.
2:10 -- MLBTradeRumors via Twitter says Verducci on MLB Network named Bryan Price as another piece going to Cleveland.
2:19 -- Ed Price says LaRoche is headed to Atlanta.
2:25 -- NESN reports it's for Casey Kotchman. Surely he's part of another trade, right? Never mind. Upon further review, Kotchman should provide some good late-inning defensive help.
2:41 -- Nightengale: Kotchman is staying put in Boston. They love him off the bench.
With that, I think we can close this round of updates and start a new post for any new trades in the next 18 minutes.
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