CHICAGO, July 28 (UPI) -- The Chicago Cubs have traded outfielder Kosuke Fukudome to Cleveland for two minor league players.
Fukudome, 34, will boost the Indians' injury-plagued outfield, with both Grady Sizemore and Shin-Soo Choo out of the lineup. He is in the final year of a four-year contract worth $48 million and has played 87 games this season with a .273 average, four home runs and 13 RBI.
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