jackky: Dodgers Flip Andrew Heaney for Howie Ken

Well, that didnt take very long. A few hours following the reports arrived on the scene around the trade sending Dee Gordon to the Marlins for Andrew Heaney and stuff, Heaney was redirected to the Angels in exchange for Howie Kendrick. So, really, rather than trading a second baseman along with a pitcher they didnt want for any bundle of prospects, the Dodgers traded their second baseman for the Angels second baseman along with a a bit smaller bundle of Bernard Pollard Jersey prospects. So, with the smoke (maybe) settled, the 2 trades e sentially grow to be one three trade. In the end, if were at the conclusion, it appears something like this.Marlins trade Heaney, Jace Amaro Jersey Enrique Gonzalez, Austin Barnes, and Chris Hatcher for Dee GordonDodgers trade Gordon for Kendrick, Gonzalez, Barnes, and HatcherAngels trade Kendrick for HeaneyJeff already covered the first half of the offer in some depth, so if youre thinking about Gordon or even the prospects, read that. The new guy here's Kendrick, which means this quick post will concentrate on him. In exchange for that six years of Heaney they might have held onto, the Dodgers are becoming only one year of Kendricks services, but Kendrick is legitimately among the best second baseman in baseball. At +10 WAR over the last 3 years, Kendrick isnt quite within the Cano/Pedroia/Zobrist cla s, but hes right there with the next tier of guys, and also at 31, shouldnt be expected to say no from that much cla in 2015. Steamer projects Kendrick like a +3.3 WAR player for 2015, and given that hell make just $9.5 million the coming year Quinton Spain Jersey , hes a substantial bargain your money can buy. The Dodgers can either approach Kendrick about an extension now, or keep him for the final year of his contract and hit him having a qualifying offer next winter. Given the market value of the win this winter, one season of Kendrick plus the potential draft pick is most likely worth something similar to $25 or $30 million. Dont sleep on Kendricks value as a big time a set. Whether thats worth six many years of Andrew Heaney depends on what you think of him as a prospect, e sentially. Should you still see him as a solid mid-rotation starter and Steamers projecting him at Karim Barton Jersey +1.4 WAR per 200 innings in 2015, so even incremental improvement over the years to come would get him there then this might be too steep a price to pay. The Dodgers are certainly better with Kendrick than with Heaney, but a cheap solid starting pitcher has significant value too. The David Cobb Jersey Angels e sentially took a webpage from the As playbook with this one, getting worse in the short-term to get a potentially solid long-term role player. Kendrick wont be easy to replace, though, and also the Angels dont come with an obvious candidate prepared to step in. All told: the Dodgers got better and added some prospects. The Angels got worse, but also younger and added more team control. And also the Marlins got a guy who's fast.