The Los Angeles Dodgers completed the largest trade in franchise history Saturday, acquiring All-Stars Adrian Gonzalez, Carl Crawford and Josh Beckett in a nine-player trade in which they are taking on more than a quarter of a billion dollars in salary. It's another bold and expensive move for a new ownership group that has made it clear they'll spare no expense to put a winning team on the field as soon as possible. "In this position, you have to be aggressive," Dodgers general manager Ned Colletti said. "You can't be reckless, but you have to be aggressive and creative and think outside the box. For a while there, we weren't really able to do that. From a baseball standpoint, it's far more conducive to be as good as you can be now." The Dodgers sent first baseman James Loney and minor leaguers Allen Webster, Ivan De Jesus and two players to be named later -- pitcher Rubby De La Rosa and outfielder Jerry Sands, according to sources -- to Boston in the trade. The Dodgers also acquired utility man Nick Punto and, according to The Associated Press, about $11 million in cash from Boston while shedding more than $250 million in salaries through 2018. Read more: http://espn.go.com/mlb/story/_/id/8...rawford-los-angeles-dodgers-blockbuster-trade
