The MLB All-Trade-Deadline Team

We may not know who will compete in this year’s World Series, now that the MLB trade deadline has come and gone, but we will know which players teams are going to use to reach the Promised Land.

Nearly 90 players have changed jerseys in the month of July as teams scrambled to fill in the voids in their rosters for the stretch run.

Among those players getting acclimated to new clubhouses are reigning Cy Young winners, ex-batting crown champs and plenty of former all-stars.

The swap frenzy also saw two brothers (Scott and Jerry Hairston Jr.), two former high school teammates (Chris Duncan and Brian Anderson), as well as two guys named Betancourt (Rafael and Yuniesky) join new teams.

Duncan and Anderson, teammates at Canyon Del Oro High School in Tucson, Ariz. reunite in Boston—although both will likely spend most of their stint with the BoSox in Pawtucket (Triple-A).

Boston was among many active teams. While the Red Sox added depth and power, other squads such as the Pittsburgh Pirates and Cleveland Indians built toward the future by mortgaging their present. By trading Cliff Lee, the Tribe has unloaded two Cy Young award winners at the trade deadline in as many years. Last summer, they dealt C.C. Sabathia to the Milwaukee Brewers.

This year’s trades didn’t see many power-hitters hopping a train out of town—it was more of a singles hitters market. Many teams, instead, chose to diversify their rosters with utility players—think Hairston Jr., Jack Wilson, and Felipe Lopez.

The wheeling-and-dealing wasn’t without its share of blockbusters, though.

Whether or not the likes of Lee, Jake Peavy, Victor Martinez, or Matt Holliday will have an impact on the pennant race remains to be seen.

Here’s the best-of-the-best of those players getting new nameplates on the back of their jerseys this August; the all-stars of the trade deadline.

Catcher, Victor Martinez

Old Team: Cleveland Indians

New Team: Boston Red Sox

AVG: .283

RBI: 68

Tangible: Adds depth in the field and another bat to the aging Boston ball club.

1B, Casey Kotchman

Old Team: Atlanta Braves

New Team: Boston Red Sox

AVG: .282

Hits: 84

Tangible: It appears the Boston Red Sox are collecting first basemen, with five players who could start at first base on a team such as the Washington Nationals or Pittsburgh Pirates.

Also on the Move: Ryan Garko (Giants); Nick Johnson (Marlins); Mark Kotsay (White Sox); and Adam LaRoche (Braves)

2B, Freddie Sanchez

Old Team: Pittsburgh Pirates

New Team: San Francisco Giants

AVG: .296

Hits: 105

Tangible: The Giants get a veteran bat in former batting champ Sanchez (if healthy) as they make their push for the postseason.

Also on the move: Jerry Hairston Jr. (Yankees); and Felipe Lopez (Brewers)

3B, Scott Rolen

Old Team: Toronto Blue Jays

New Team: Cincinnati Reds

AVG: .316

Hits: 108

Tangible: Five-time all-star boosts Reds’ lineup.

Also on the move: Edwin Encarnacion (Blue Jays); Mark DeRosa (Cardinals)

SS, Orlando Cabrera

Old Team: Oakland Athletics

New Team: Minnesota Twins

AVG: .282

Hits: 118

Tangible: The Twins fill their void at shortstop and No. 2 slot in the lineup using a guy with postseason experience.

Also on the Move: Yuniesky Betancourt (Royals); Julio Lugo (Cardinals); and Jack Wilson (Mariners)

OF, Matt Holliday

Old Team: Oakland Athletics

New Team: St. Louis Cardinals

AVG: .319

HR: 14

Tangible: The Cards finally find some protection in the lineup behind Albert Pujols by adding the 2007 NLCS MVP.

OF, Jeff Francouer

Old Team: Atlanta Braves

New Team: New York Mets

Hits: 96

RBI: 53

Tangible: A change of scenery might be best for Francoeur, who joins a Mets squad led in home runs by Gary Sheffield with 10.

OF, Scott Hairston

Old Team: San Diego Padres

New Team: Oakland Athletics

AVG: .286

SB: 10

Tangible: The A’s are hoping a breakout season by Hairston flourishes with regular playing time.

Also on the Move: Ryan Church (Braves); and Lastings Milledge (Pirates) and Nyjer Morgan (Nationals)

DH, Chris Duncan

Old Team: St. Louis Cardinals

New Team: Boston Red Sox

HR: 5

RBI: 32

Tangible: Save for an injury to an already-deep Boston roster, Duncan won’t likely crack the Red Sox’ lineup until the September call-ups.

Also on the Move: Brian Anderson (Red Sox)

SP, Cliff Lee

Old Team: Cleveland Indians

New Team: Philadelphia Phillies

ERA: 3.02

WINS: 8

K’S: 113

Tangible: The addition of last year’s Cy Young Award winner strengthens the Phils chances of becoming the first team to repeat as World Series champs since the Yankees in 1999 and 2000.

SP, Jake Peavy

Old Team: San Diego Padres

New Team: Chicago White Sox

ERA: 3.97

WINS: 6

K’S: 92

Tangible: When healthy, Peavy is arguably the best pitcher in the game and will be a welcome addition for the Sox toward the stretch run, when he’s scheduled to return from an ankle injury.

Also on the move: Jarrod Washburn (Tigers); Ian Snell (Mariners); and Justin Masterson (Indians)

RP, George Sherrill

Old Team: Baltimore Orioles

New Team: Los Angeles Dodgers

ERA: 2.34

Saves: 20

K’S: 42

Tangible: The rich get richer as the first-place Dodgers bolster their staff with a pitcher who saved 51 games in the last year-and-a-half with the O’s.

Also on the Move: John Grabow (Cubs); Joel Hanrahan (Pirates) and Claudio Vargas (Dodgers)