Check out Trade Deadline Live! for the most up-to-date information  —  OK, now that we've gotten that pesky Roy Oswalt trade out of the way, let's turn our attention to the three biggest rings left in the Trade Deadline Circus:  —  As far back as Monday, Rumblings was suggesting …

Yankees Acquire Lance Berkman  —  7:37pm: The Astros will pay $4MM of the $7.5MM Berkman will make between his salary and the buyout, according to Sherman (Twitter link).  —  6:04pm: The Astros are picking up a lot of the money owed to Berkman and won't obtain top prospects in return, according to ESPN.com's Buster Olney.

Texas Rangers trade for Washington Nationals' Cristian Guzman  —  The Texas Rangers continued to shore up their roster, trading for Washington Nationals middle infielder Cristian Guzman.  —  “It's not an official trade until the paperwork goes through.  In 24 hours, it'll be official,” …

How Phillies landed another ace  —  Executives keep com plaining to me about this being the July 31 that put the “dead” in deadline.  But for all the complaints of high prices and dormancy, Roy Oswalt became the third high-level starter (joining Cliff Lee and Dan Haren) moved this month.

Twins overvalued the save stat and overpaid for Matt Capps  —  Matt Capps was available for nothing this offseason.  —  Non-tendered by the Pirates in December following a career-worst season that saw him post a 5.80 ERA and .324 opponents' batting average while serving up 10 homers in 54.1 innings …

Brewers write plan for better pitching success  —  Club identifies ways to evaluate, develop, acquire starters  —  MILWAUKEE — Right off the top, Doug Melvin admits that the Brewers have made mistakes drafting, signing and otherwise acquiring pitchers during his nearly seven years as general manager.

Rangers' bankruptcy case: Deal made, Mark Cuban's camp upset, auction could be off  —  William K. Snyder, the chief restructuring officer appointed by the court to try to work things out among the parties in the Rangers' bankruptcy case, has negotiated a “substantially enhanced” …

Damon: Sox would have won one more if stayed  —  Talking prior to the Tigers series opening game against the Red Sox at Fenway Park Friday night, Johnny Damon said that if he would have remained a member of the Sox following the 2005 season the team might have won more than just the 2007 world championship.

Doc and Straw: The untold stories  —  What was it like to face Dwight Gooden and Darryl Strawberry?  Pull up a chair.  —  ESPNNewYork.com  —  There are all sorts of stories to tell, plenty good and plenty bad, about the careers of New York Mets Hall of Fame inductees Dwight Gooden and Darryl Strawberry.

Sources: St. Louis Cardinals targeting Cleveland Indians' Jake Westbrook  —  The St. Louis Cardinals have made Cleveland Indians pitcher Jake Westbrook their No. 1 target leading into the trade deadline, according to teams that have spoken with them.  —  Until the last 24 hours …

Want to fix the Mariners?  Time to take a page from Bill James and start thinking “outside the box” again  —  Reading through some stuff from last night's comments threads, I saw a few things that need addressing.  One person wrote that GM Jack Zduriencik had to have known the Mariners …