Dan Roche is reporting that the blockbuster deal between the Los Angeles Dodgers and the Boston Red Sox is complete.
Trade complete...MLB source tells me.
— Dan Roche (@RochieWBZ) August 25, 2012#RedSox send Gonzalez, Beckett, Crawford, Punto to#Dodgers for James Loney and 4 prospects.#wbz
To corroborate it, Mike Silverman of The Boston Herald is also reporting that the preliminary details of the final deal include sending Adrian Gonzalez, Josh Beckett, Carl Crawford, Nick Punto and $12 million to the Dodgers for four prospects, as well as first-baseman James Loney, freeing up $275 million dollars of the Red Sox salary.
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