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The midseason non-waiver Trade Deadline is always an exciting time for baseball fans as they watch closely to see what their favorite Major League club does, be it acquire a big-name player or trade one away, often for a handful of top Minor League prospects.

Jake Westbrook is the Indians' purported Opening Day starter for April 5 in Chicago, but he has a high hill to climb first.

As expected, the Red Sox have exercised their 2010 option on C / 1B Victor Martinez while declining their option on SS Alex Gonzalez.

The Boston Red Sox have picked up a $7.1 million option for 2010 on catcher Victor Martinez, according to a report from the Boston Globe on Monday.

Ken Rosenthal has been the senior baseball writer for FOXSports.com since Aug. 2005. He appears weekly on the FSN Baseball Report and MLB on FOX.

Paying a Sunday morning visit to the variety store... Solved So now we know why the Cleveland Indians staggered through the 2009 season like a bunch of extras from George Romero's 1978 classic, "Dawn of the Dead." Turns out, you can blame the Indians themselves.

Two months ago, Victor Martinez was going nowhere on a losing team, and fully expected to be home by Oct.

Now he's in Boston, heading for the postseason, and he can only shake his head at what has happened to the organization he once said he never wanted to leave.

Almost exactly two months after being traded from the Red Sox, right-hander Justin Masterson finally made it back to Fenway Park.

Justin Masterson has just witnessed, first-hand, the painful firing of a popular manager.

One by one, Red Sox players and coaches emerged yesterday from the first-base dugout en route for right field only to take a sharp left turn when they saw the 6-foot-6 righty with the 6-foot-6 grin.

His first grand slam came against them. Martinez hit it in a seven-run second inning and the Boston Red Sox won 11-6 on Saturday night despite a shaky outing by Josh Beckett .

P ut former Red Sox [ team stats ] reliever Justin Masterson firmly in the camp of those who believe pitching coach John Farrell would make a fantastic manager of the Cleveland Indians.

Sitting in the enemy dugout on the field that he used to call home, Justin Masterson looked around at the green walls all around him and reflected on leaving Fenway Park for Cleveland.

The Indians' home season opened April 10 to a packed house and dreams of postseason contention.

Game Two: Chicago - Mark Buehrle Cleveland - Justin Masterson The Chicago White Sox shoot for their third straight win this afternoon, as they conclude a three-game series with the Cleveland Indians at Progressive Field.

The White Sox's Mark Buehrle is schedule to start the second game of a doubleheader Wednesday in Cleveland after Tuesday's game was postponed because of rain.

After seeing Lidge had blown another , his 11th of the season, I had to head over to the 700 Level , which is where the great picture at right was found.

Clubhouse confidential: A table in the Indians' clubhouse held dozens of boxes of baseballs in the process of being autographed on Wednesday.

The Tigers led the Indians, 6-1, through three innings tonight at Progressive Field.