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Dodgers obtain versatile Schumaker from Cards

CNNSI.com

The Los Angeles Dodgers acquired infielder-outfielder Skip Schumaker from St. Louis for minor league infielder Jake Lemmerman on Wednesday.

Associated Press, ESPN.com

The blockbuster trade that sent Adrian Gonzalez, Josh Beckett and Carl Crawford from Boston to the Dodgers last August will wrap up with the Red Sox paying $11.7 million to Los Angeles over the next three years.

CNNSI.com

The Los Angeles Dodgers are on track to become only the second major league team with a $200 million payroll and could end the New York Yankees' streak of 14 years as baseball's biggest spender.

Mark Saxon, ESPN.com

In his first comments since the Dodgers signed Zack Greinke and Ryu Hyun-jin for a combined $208 million, Don Mattingly manager expressed frustration with the way the media and fans create unfair expectations for such marquee teams.

Mike Bauman, MLB.com

What makes Zack Greinke comfortable is a situation in which his team can win and in which his commitment to his craft can continue to be relentlessly, successfully applied. In this case, the size of the Los Angeles metropolitan area does not have to be …