The Red Sox and Indians exchanged second-tier prospects as time expired on the 2012 non-waiver trade deadline. Boston sent first baseman and former No. 1 prospect Lars Anderson to Cleveland for Double-A knuckleballer Steve Wright.

The top starter left standing on the trade market, Ryan Dempster acquiesced to a trade that sent him from the Cubs to the Rangers for two prospects at the high Class A level. Texas surrendered third baseman Christian Villanueva and righthander Kyle Hen…

The Reds added a hard-throwing righthander to complement lefties Aroldis Chapman and Sean Marshall in the bullpen. They dealt Double-A righthander Juan Carlos Sulbaran to the Royals for Jonathan Broxton.

The once-again rebuilding Marlins traded one of their most effective relievers, Edward Mujica, to the Cardinals for third baseman Zack Cox, who stands as the franchise’s potential third baseman of the future.

The Pirates continue to bid for their first playoff spot in 20 years and added a potential answer to their first-base mix by acquiring Gaby Sanchez from the Marlins. They also received righthander Kyle Kaminska while giving up outfielder Gorkys Hernand…

Philadelphia dealt 29-year-old right fielder Hunter Pence, whom they acquired a year ago at the trade deadline, to the Giants for prospects Tommy Joseph, a catcher, and Seth Rosin, a righthanded reliever, plus big league right fielder Nate Schierholtz.

The Dodgers, who originally drafted Shane Victorino back in 1999, get the switch-hitting outfielder back by trading the Phillies righthanders Josh Lindblom and Ethan Martin.

The Blue Jays pulled off a pair of left fielder-for-reliever trades in the late hours of July 30. The second such transaction shipped Eric Thames to the Mariners for 28-year-old righthander Steve Delabar.

Mariners 17-year-old righthander Victor Sanchez hasn’t blinked at an aggressive assignment to the short-season Northwest League.

An update on the progress of Ronald Guzman and Nomar Mazara, the Rangers’ two big Dominican signings from 2011.