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Dodgers, Marlins and Braves finally complete their wild 13-player trade

Dodgers, Marlins and Braves finally complete their wild 13-player trade

When you're moving 13 players between three teams, things take a little longer. So that's why it took more than 24 hours to wrinkle out all the details in a wild three-way trade between the Los Angeles Dodgers, Miami Marlins and Atlanta Braves. The upshot: It's a done deal, according to Yahoo Sports' Jeff Passan, with the Dodgers adding seven players in the swap.

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This whole thing started Wednesday morning, with the news that the Marlins were sending starting pitcher Mat Latos and outfielder/first baseman Michael Morse to L.A. along with a draft pick for a prospect. And it grew from there. Soon, we heard the Braves were involved. We heard medical records needed to be checked out. It got big, confusing and — like most trades this time of year — pretty fun.

Via Passan, here's how the entire thing shakes out now that it's finished:

Alex Wood will help the Dodgers in the immediate and the long-term. (Getty Images)
Alex Wood will help the Dodgers in the immediate and the long-term. (Getty Images)

The Dodgers get: Latos and Morse from the Marlins, starting pitchers Alex Wood and Bronson Arroyo, relievers Luis Avilan and Jim Johnson, plus second base prospect Jose Peraza from the Braves. Wood and Latos should slide into the beaten-up Dodgers rotation immediately. Arroyo, meanwhile, is recovering from Tommy John surgery last summer and is a free agent after this season. He may never suit up for L.A.

The Braves get: infielder Hector Olivera, reliever Paco Rodriguez and pitching prospect Zach Bird from the Dodgers, plus the Marlins' competitive-balance pick in the 2016 draft. That happens between the first and seconds rounds of the draft. Olivera is the prize for the Braves. He's a recent signee from Cuba who was too rich for Atlanta when he hit the market. He's 30 and believed to be big-league ready, but the Dodgers started him in the minors, where he's played 19 games and worked his way up to Triple-A. He's hitting .348/.392/.493 so far.

The Marlins get: Jeff Brigham, Victor Araujo, Kevin Guzman, all Single-A pitchers, from the Dodgers. They also get salary relief by dumping Morse and Latos. Latos is a free agent after this season, but Morse was going to make $7 million next year.

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There are two overarching threads here and they both mostly involve L.A. The Dodgers got a lot of parts that can help them muscle up for the postseason, filling out both their rotation and adding to their bullpen. Wood, a promising 24-year-old lefty who isn't a free agent until 2020 and Peraza, a 21-year-old who ranked No. 1 on the Braves prospect list, gives the deal some long-term value for the Dodgers too.

The other side of this is that the deep-pocketed Dodgers are taking on a few contracts that other teams don't want instead of giving up more prospects. The Dodgers are taking on an additional $43.5 million in salary. Both Morse and Arroyo have little value for L.A. More than anything, they're eating the money for the Braves and Marlins.

The next question for the Dodgers: Where do they fit all these guys on their 25-man roster?

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Mike Oz is the editor of Big League Stew on Yahoo Sports. Have a tip? Email him at mikeozstew@yahoo.com or follow him on Twitter!