Good news Red Sox fans.  The Red Sox have already made 2 useful trades and it doesn’t look like anything will get in the way of the team making more moves to bolters the 2009 playoff push.  Last week, the Red Sox acquired Chris Duncan from the St. Louis Cardinals in a swap for released shortstop Julio Lugo, and Adam LaRoche from the Pittsburgh Pirates for minor league prospects.  LaRoche had an immediate impact with a 2-run home run in his 1st game action in Saturday night’s win and Duncan has been sent to Triple-A Pawtucket until the need arises for another outfielder at the major league level.

Club Owner Tom Werner and GM Theo Epstein have already said that the club will continue to pursue other options.  While Blue Jays ace Roy Halladay is a long shot, the Red Sox are seriously pursuing 1st baseman / catcher Victor Martinez from the Cleveland Indians.  Should be an interesting stretch run leading up to the trading deadline to see if the Red Sox pull off any more moves.  They may need to if they expect to overtake the Yankees for 1st place in the AL East…