Today in the 606, a pair of teams with their playoff hopes hanging by a thread square off in Boston, as the AL Central's Detroit Tigers send their ace to the hill against a young emerging Boston pitcher.

Looking to secure their lead atop the National League East standings, the Atlanta Braves announced a five-player deal with the Kansas City Royals. The Royals sent outfielder Rick Ankiel, pitcher Kyle Farnsworth, and cash to the Braves for outfielder Gregor Blanco , pitcher Jesse Chavez, and minor league pitcher Tim Collins.

Just to save readers from having to click on several articles we decided to group some of the smaller moves into one nice and neat package so you can stay in the know on everything going on as we approach the deadline. These are our Low Impact Swaps of the week so far.

The Los Angeles Dodgers finally made a move to improve their shaky bullpen on trade deadline day, acquiring Pirates closer Octavio Dotel in exchange for James McDonald and minor league outfielder Andrew Lambo. The Pirates will also send $500,000 to the Dodgers to offset some of Dotel's salary.

The St. Louis Cardinals, San Diego Padres, and Cleveland Indians completed a three-team trade earlier today which included Ryan Ludwick, Jake Westbrook, and two prospects.

After much speculation on Friday, the Dodgers and Cubs finally pulled the trigger on a heavily discussed trade, with Chicago sending lefthanded starting pitcher Ted Lilly, infielder Ryan Theriot, and $2.5 million to the Dodgers for infielder Blake DeWitt and minor league pitchers Brett Wallach and Kyle Smit.

Each week Baseball Press will be providing some Under the Radar fantasy players for NL-Only Leagues, AL-Only Leagues and Mixed Leagues. These articles will be dedicated to finding those diamonds in the rough on the waiver wire that will either be a short term or long term replacement to an injury or struggling player on your fantasy team.

The Washington Nationals wasted no time making a splash during the trade deadline this season, as they sent All Star closer Matt Capps and cash to the Minnesota Twins for catching prospect Wilson Ramos and left-handed reliever Joe Testa.

Today's 606 is all about the AL East, as the Yankees send one of their hottest starting pitchers to the mound against a Rays hurler who made a big splash in his last outing by tossing the first no-hitter in franchise history.

After shipping long-time ace Roy Oswalt off to Philadelphia yesterday, the Houston Astros sent another tenured member of their squad out on Friday, dealing first baseman Lance Berkman to the Yankees for minor league pitcher Mark Melancon and infielder Jimmy Paredes.