Dodgers get Howie Kendrick from Angels as crazy day of deals continues

SAN DIEGO — How do you remake your roster between lunch and bedtime? The Los Angeles Dodgers just showed us.

Making their fourth deal of the day, the Dodgers reportedly acquired second baseman Howie Kendrick from the Los Angeles Angels, adding a little more pop to their lineup and filling the gap they made in their infield by trading Dee Gordon earlier in the day. MLB.com’s Ken Gurnick broke the news.

The Angels are getting back Andrew Heaney, who started the day as the Miami Marlins’ No. 1 prospect for the 2015 season. He was sent to the Dodgers in a seven-player trade that returned Gordon, Miguel Rojas and Dan Haren for the Marlins. The Dodgers then flipped Heaney to the Angels.

Outside of those two deals, the Dodgers also traded for Jimmy Rollins and were close to signing free agent pitcher Brandon McCarthy. What a day for new Dodgers president of baseball operations Andrew Friedman. He figured out a way to make us  stop talking about Chicago.

Kendrick is an upgrade over Gordon at second — he hit .293 with seven homers and 75 RBIs in 2014 — but he’s a free agent after this season, as is Rollins. But the Dodgers’ goal is to win the World Series right away, so free agency isn’t their worry at the moment. 

If the Dodgers can make that happen after a few disappointing postseasons, we’ll look back to their wild Winter Meetings Wednesday as a catalyst.

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