The Athletics have traded third baseman Brett
Lawrie, as the club had been expected to try to do during
baseball's winter meetings, sending him to the Chicago White Sox
for right-hander J.B. Wendelken and minor league left-hander Zack
Erwin.
Lawrie hit .260 with career highs of 16 homers and 60 RBIs in his
lone season for the A's, also staying off the disabled list for the
first time in five major league seasons.