Sources: Howie Kendrick to Dodgers

ByMARK SAXON
December 11, 2014, 1:05 AM

— -- SAN DIEGO -- The Los Angeles Dodgers have a deal in place to acquire second baseman  Howie Kendrick from the  Los Angeles Angels for left-handed pitcher Andrew Heaney, a player they acquired just hours earlier from the Miami Marlins, according to ESPN sources and multiple reports.

The Dodgers remade the middle of their infield during a frantic day of deal-making at the winter meetings, adding three-time All-Star shorstop  Jimmy Rollins in a deal with the Philadelphia Phillies, then moving Dee Gordon and Dan Haren to Miami in exchange for Heaney and three prospects.

The Dodgers have coveted Kendrick for several years, nearly completing a trade for him two Julys ago in exchange for pitching prospect Zach Lee.