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Reds-Dodgers in blockbuster trade: Kemp, Puig, Wood, Bailey involved

The Reds announced via Twitter:

The #Reds have acquired LHP Alex Wood, OF Matt Kemp, OF Yasiel Puig, IF/C Kyle Farmer and cash from the Dodgers in exchange for RHP Homer Bailey and minor leaguers IF Jeter Downs and RHP Josiah Gray.

The cash is reportedly $7 million. The Dodgers are expected to release Bailey.

Wood, Kemp and Puig are all one-year players who qualify for free agency in 2020.

Using estimates of arbitration awards for Wood and Puig, plus Kemp’s $21.75 million contract, the Reds have taken on $42 million in new payroll for 2019, minus the $23 million of Bailey’s contract.