Dodgers and Twins shoring up and rebuilding...

[BK Dodgers GM (Man)]

After years of solid catching service, the Dodgers must finally bid farewell to our FA-bound star catcher, Brian McCann, along w/ a pair of youngsters in a move to shore up our pitching for the stretch run (into next year) by adding TJ-recovering star SP, Adam Wainwright, to our rotation in a trade w/ the rebuilding Twins.


The Dodgers send:

Brian McCann (8.5M for 2012) + Trevor Story (300K SS prospect) + Lucas Duda (750K for 2012, protected thru 2014)

to the Twins for:

Adam Wainwright (9M, 12M for 2012-2013)


Twins GM, Steve, to confirm. Thanks for the smooth negotiations, Steve. Hope this works out great for both sides.

[Former Twins GM (Steve)]

Confirm. Kris when reviewing the trade let me know how close the $$$ is...(i may be off by about .4M) so i can figure out who to drop.

[BK Dodgers GM (Man)]

Not counting your drops today, looks like you need to free up ~451K.

[Astros GM (Kris)]

With the discount from Utley's new contract, Twins will have the necessary cap space to complete the trade.

Approved. Please update rosters and salary cap information.

[BK Dodgers GM (Man)]

With the updated understanding of how these things work, we probably still need to wait a bit before we can make the rostering moves on CBS, no?

[Astros GM (Kris)]

Yeah, I would wait until the Utley and/or Hernandez auctions are completed and the cap space has officially cleared before approving on CBS.