The Dodgers have acquired Julio Lugo from the Devil Rays for two minor leaguers, Joel Guzman and Sergio Pedroza, according to ESPN.

According to Ken Rosenthal, the Cubs have reached a tentative deal to trade Greg Maddux to the Dodgers.

Buster Olney is reporting that Dodgers are making progress on acquiring Greg Maddux from the Cubs.

According to Jayson Stark, Jim Bowden reportedly has two teams he can do an Alfonso Soriano deal with right now, one is an American League team and the other is in the National League.

The Dodgers' top targets remain Chicago Cubs starter Greg Maddux and Baltimore infielder Miguel Tejada, although the possibility of acquiring Tejada likely decreased this weekend when the Orioles shortstop said he did not want to move to third base, which would be where the Dodgers likely would prefer to play him.

Nationals' GM Jim Bowden continues to hold discussions with at least five teams interested in acquiring Alfonso Soriano: the Minnesota Twins, Detroit Tigers, Houston Astros and both the Los Angeles Angels and Dodgers.

Two teams hoping to make second-half runs at a postseason spot made a deal Friday, when the Braves acquired reliever Danys Baez, and infielder Willy Aybar, from the Dodgers for infielder Wilson Betemit.

All indications on Tuesday were that the market for Alfonso Soriano remained hot, with the Detroit Tigers, Los Angeles Angels, Los Angeles Dodgers, New York Yankees and Chicago White Sox among the teams interested.

The Kansas City Royals obtained left-handed pitcher Odalis Perez and right-handed pitchers Blake Johnson and Julio Pimentel for right-handed pitcher Elmer Dessens, Royals Senior Vice President-Baseball Operations/General Manager Dayton Moore announced today.

The Phillies are certainly shopping Bobby Abreu, but appear more eager to trade Pat Burrell.

The White Sox acquired catcher Sandy Alomar Jr.

Shea Hillenbrand, the Blue Jays' DH who was designated for assignment Wednesday after a blowup with manager John Gibbons, is likely to be traded to the Dodgers or Padres.

Dodgers general manager Ned Colletti said Monday that with the July 31 non-waiver trading deadline looming, he has yet to find an available player that would justify giving up one of the club's many celebrated prospects.

The Dodgers optioned struggling rookie outfielder Matt Kemp to Triple-A Las Vegas on Friday to make room for outfielder Ricky Ledee, who was activated from the 60-day disabled list.

The post office hopes to hit a grand slam by honoring four of baseball's great sluggers on postage.

Dodgers pitcher Odalis Perez, who surrendered a game-winning home run to the Cardinals' Albert Pujols in the 14th inning on Thursday night, accused his team of treating him like "trash.

At the All-Star Game, Nomar Garciaparra said that he hasn't given any thought to his contract status.

Kenny Rogers has gone from all-star scourge to All-Star game starter.

Nomar Garciaparra's tie-breaking, two-run homer in the eighth inning led the Dodgers to a 9-7 victory over the Giants on Friday night.

Dodgers star closer Eric Gagne will undergo season-ending back surgery on Saturday, the team announced prior to Friday's game against the Giants.

Dodgers closer Eric Gagne, limited to 16 appearances since the beginning of last season because of elbow problems, might need back surgery.