{"id":150328,"date":"2018-07-31T15:46:17","date_gmt":"2018-07-31T20:46:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=150328"},"modified":"2018-07-31T16:19:18","modified_gmt":"2018-07-31T21:19:18","slug":"twins-trade-dozier-to-dodgers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=150328","title":{"rendered":"Twins trade Brian Dozier to Dodgers"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"articleBody\">\n<p><span id=\"dateline\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-150331\" src=\"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Dozier-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Dozier-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Dozier-431x243.jpg 431w, https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Dozier-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Dozier-311x175.jpg 311w, https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Dozier.jpg 860w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO)<strong> \u2013 <\/strong><\/span> Second baseman Brian Dozier is no longer with the Minnesota Twins.<\/p>\n<p>Dozier, a fan favorite and leader in the Twins\u2019 clubhouse, was traded Tuesday to the Los Angeles Dodgers.<\/p>\n<p>In exchange the Twins receive infielder Logan Forsythe, first base\/outfield prospect Luke Raley and right-handed pitcher Devin Smeltzer.<\/p>\n<p>In 104 games with the Twins this season, Dozier was hitting .224 with 16 home runs and 52 RBI.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s just one of several moves the Twins have made before Tuesday\u2019s non-waiver trading deadline.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Twins have also traded relief pitcher Zach Duke, infielder Eduardo Escobar, relief pitcher Ryan Pressly and starting pitcher Lance Lynn.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Twins are eight games behind Cleveland in the American League Central Division with 57 games left.<\/p>\n<p>Dozier heads to a Dodgers squad that has a half-game lead in the National League West Division, and could contend for a spot in the World Series.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) \u2013 Second baseman Brian Dozier is no longer with the Minnesota Twins. Dozier, a fan favorite and leader in the Twins\u2019 clubhouse, was traded Tuesday to the Los Angeles Dodgers. In exchange the Twins receive infielder Logan Forsythe, first base\/outfield prospect Luke Raley and right-handed pitcher Devin Smeltzer. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":150349,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-150328","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/150328","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=150328"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/150328\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":150344,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/150328\/revisions\/150344"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/150349"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=150328"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=150328"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=150328"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}