In his conference call earlier today, Mets GM Omar Minaya told reporters that OF Carlos Beltran will not travel with the team to Milwaukee, and will most likely be put on the disabled list before tomorrow’s game.
…also, for what it’s worth, there is a bit of buzz coming from the team that they are becoming very, very frustrated [...]

…as of 10 pm, more than 100,000 individual people have viewed this site today…up more than 100 percent from a normal day’s action…
…i’ve said it before, and i’ll say it again, baseball fans love their trade rumors, me included…it’s amazing…
…this site’s all-time high came last year on the trade deadline, when 190,000 unique people logged [...]

According to Jayson Stark, in his most recent update to The Stark Report, on ESPN.com, the Mets, Yankees and Red Sox are very interested in acquiring Rangers RHP Eric Gagne, though they all have no intention of giving up core prospects, such as Philip Hughes, Lastings Milledge and Jacob Elsbury.
…from what i can gather, however, [...]

Phillies OF Shane Victirino left tonight’s game with a strained right calf muscle.
Moments later, Victorino’s replacement, OF Michael Bourne, tripped over the bullpen mound while chasing down a fly-ball and was later removed with an ankle injury.
According to our friend Scott Lauber, who covers the Phillies for the News Journal, Victorino will have more tests [...]

According to Baseball-Reference, in 263 plate appearances at Shea Stadium, Luis Castillo is batting .293 with 32 runs, 17 RBI, and 24 walks.
In that time, he has also struck out 31 times and stole 19 bases in 25 attempts.
Castillo’s on base percentage of .355 and slugging percentage of .354 add up to an OPS of [...]

According to Reuters, a local Mets fan has been charged with beating his mother to death with a barbell after losing his temper while watching the Mets lose to the Nationals on Saturday.
…i wish this was a joke, but it is not…
…you know, the more i think about this, from a journalistic point of view, [...]

In a conference call a few moments ago, the Mets officially announced the acquisition of 2B Luis Castillo from the Twins in exchange for Double-A C Drew Butera and Single-A OF Dustin Martin.
Mets GM Omar Minaya told reporters that he hopes to see Castillo in Mets uniform by tomorrow night.
…i have yet to talk with a [...]

…during the frenzy of im’ing, e-mailing, text messaging, etc, in the lead up to the trade deadline, i tend to collect little notes that i have no idea what to do with, or time to really check out, clarify or make sense of…therefore, so they do not go to total waste, here is a list of [...]

Earlier today, at FOXSports.com, Ken Rosenthal wrote that the Braves are close to acquiring Royals RHP Octavio Dotel.
Meanwhile, according to Bob Dutton of the Kansas City Star, Dotel will cost the Braves RHP Kyle Davies.
In 24 games for the Royals this season, Dotel is 2–1 with a 3.91 ERA.  He has a $5.5 million player option [...]

Pedro Martinez threw long-toss in Port St. Lucie today, after which he told reporters he will throw roughly 40 pitches in rehab assignment for Single-A St. Lucie on Wednesday night.
Martinez, talking to reporters, this afternoon…
“I don’t know how I’m gonna be, but I just know I fell better than I did the last two years.  [...]

…the only good part about the Braves getting Mark Teixeira is listening to confused radio and television reporters struggle to pronounce Jarrod Saltalamacchia…it’s hysterical…that second L just disrupts their entire copy…they never see it coming…

Earlier today, the Boston Globe reported the Red Sox will likely trade for White Sox OF Jermaine Dye before tomorrow’s non-waiver trade deadline.
However, at Hard Ball, the blog for the Chicago Tribune, Dave van Dyck writes that talks between Boston and Chicago have stalled.
Now, at the blog for the Boston Globe, the great Gordon Edes writes [...]

The Mets are close to acquiring Twins 2B Luis Castillo for two minor leaguers, according to FOXSports.com.
…update…3:48 pm…
According to Dan Graziano and Ed Price at the Star-Ledger, the two minor-league players could possibly be Double-A C Drew Butera and Single-A OF Dustin Martin.
…interestingly, this is not even close to as much as graziano suggested it would [...]

The Phillies have acquired Reds RHP Kyle Lohse for Double-A LHP Matt Maloney, according to Ken Rosenthal of FOXSports.com.
…or, as WFAN’s Chris Russo calls him, ‘Kyle Lucy.’…

According to Ken Rosenthal, at FOXSports.com, the Braves are close to acquiring Royals RHP Octavio Dotel.
The Red Sox, Yankees, Tigers, Indians, Dodgers and Mariners also have shown interest in Dotel.
…oh, man, if atlanta gets dotel, too, on the same day they land Mark Teixeira, i fear some of my fellow Mets fans may jump out [...]