The Game:
Tom Glavine
makes his first attempt at his 300th win as the Mets (59-46) kick off a
three-game series with the Brewers (57-49) tonight, starting at 8:05 pm
EDT.
The Lineup:
Jose
Reyes leads off, followed in order by Luis Castillo, David Wright,
Carlos Delgado, Moises Alou, Shawn Green, Ramon Castro, Lastings
Milledge and starting pitcher Tom Glavine.
The Pitchers:
LHP
Tom Glavine (9-6, 4.51 [...]

2B Luis Castillo is in uniform and batting second tonight.

The 2007 Mets now have six players who were on the 2005 Marlins roster, including:
2B Luis Castilo, 1B Carlos Delgado, C Paul Lo Duca, IF/OF Damion Easley, RHP Guillermo Mota and LHP Jason Vargas.
…granted, vargas has only had a cup of coffee up here, but he still counts…
…by the way, the Mets only have nine [...]

Ed Coleman of WFAN reports that C Paul Lo Duca will not be in the starting lineup tonight.
Lo Duca is bothered by torn scar tissue in his right hamstring from previous injuries.
…paul is supposedly devastated that he will be unable to catch tommy’s attempt at 300 wins tonight, but doesn’t want to cost the team [...]

The Mets have put OF Carlos Beltran on the 15–day disabled list, retroactive to July 25.
…he is eligible to return on August 9, the final game of a three-game series against the Braves…however, if i had to bet, i would not expect to see him that soon…
…i hope i am very, very wrong…
Newly-acquired 2B Luis [...]

Tonight, there is the potential for three milestones to be reached in baseball.
Barry Bonds will attempt to tie Hank Aaron’s career home run record, Alex Rodriguez will seek to hit his 500th home run, and Tom Glavine will look to join the short list of 300 game winners.
On ESPN, a poll is currently running asking [...]

The Braves have issued a press release on MLB.com to announce their trade with the San Diego Padres for Royce Ring.
The Braves send LHP Wil Ledezma and minor league LHP Will Startup. Ring will be assigned to Richmond,
the Braves’ Triple-A affiliate.
Ring, 26, appeared in 27 games for Portland (AAA) in 2007, going 4-0
with a 1.99 [...]

SNY will air a one-hour pre-game show on Wednesday, August 1, that will include live coverage of Pedro Martinez’s first minor-league rehab start for the St. Lucie Mets.   
SNY’s expanded pre-game show will begin at 7:00 pm, and include a live Q & A with Mets GM Omar Minaya, hosted by Chris Cotter live from Port St. Lucie. [...]

…though deals can occasionally be announced after the deadline, word from new york is that the Nationals will not be trading RHP Chad Cordero, and the Mets will not be making any major announcements today…
…also, i get no real sense that the Mets were willing to match boston’s offer for Eric Gagne, i.e., Carlos Gomez…and the same [...]

The Phillies have acquired RHP Julio Mateo from the Mariners, reports Jayson Stark at ESPN.com.
…from what i can gather, the Phillies had been working quite hard to get one of Soloman Torres or Damaso Marte from the Pirates, who have insisted upon including Jack Wilson, which, obviously, the Phillies did not want…so, mateo is philly’s guy…good luck [...]

The Red Sox and Rangers have agreed to swap RHP Eric Gagne in exchange for RHP Kason Gabbard, OF David Murphy, and 16–year-old OF Engel Beltre, reports Buster Olney on ESPN.com.
According to NESN, Gagne will waive his no-trade clause and will serve as the team’s set-up man in exchange for the roughly $3 million that will cover [...]

…the buzz from arizona suggests that the D’Backs are readying the promotion of OF Justin Upton, in the event they ship either OF Carlos Gonzalez, 1B Conor Jackson or OF Carlos Quentin to the Nationals for RHP Chad Cordero…
…update…3:33 pm…
In an update for the Stark Report, at ESPN.com, Jayson Stark writes that the Mets, Nationals [...]

…the Mets will not be acquiring OF Jay Payton, in case you were worried he may return to Shea Stadium…

According to ESPN.com’s Buster Olney, the Red Sox will send RHP Kason Gabbard, OF David Murphy, and 16–year-old OF Engel Beltre to Texas in exchange for Eric Gagne, assuming Gagne and his agent, Scott Boras, approve the deal.

The Braves have officially announced the acquisition of 1B Mark Teixeira from the Rangers, and Octavio Dotel from the Royals.