While the New York Mets have struck first with three recent trades for pitching, including the acquisition of Orlando ``El Duque" Hernandez from Arizona for reliever Jorge Julio , the real trading season hasn't quite begun yet, according to Red Sox general manager Theo Epstein . (Full article: 788 words)

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