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10:11pm: The Dodgers asked about Lowrie, but he's now not in the current
talks, tweets Buster Olney of ESPN.com.
A source says that there's a 50-50 shot that Carlos Lee accepts a deal
to Los Angeles for pitching prospects.
9:57pm: Dodgers talks with Astros involve Carlos Lee, not Jed Lowrie,
according to Ken Rosenthal of FOX Sports (via Twitter).
Lee would need to a approve deal and has the right to block a deal
to the Dodgers.
9:02pm: The Dodgers are talking to the Astros about a trade
that would send Jed Lowrie to the Dodgers with minor-leaguers Zach Lee
and Garrett Gould headed to Houston, according to Buster Olney of
ESPN.com (via Twiter)
One source place the odds of the deal taking place at about 50-50
right now,Olney tweets.
Sources also say that others could be involved in the talks,
according to Olney (via Twitter).
Lowrie would provide the Dodgers with options at shortstop and third
base to go along with a power bat.
The 28-year-old has a .262/.350/.492 slash line with 14 homers in 68
games this year.
Lee, 20, was the Dodgers' first-round pick in 2010 and signed with
the club over attending LSU on a football scholarship.
The right-hander was promoted to Double-A Chattanooga earlier this week
after turning in a 4.55 ERA with 8.5 K/9 and 1.6 BB/9 in 12 California
League starts in 2012.
Gould, also a right-hander, was the club's second-round pick in '09
out of Wichita, Kansas.
The soon-to-be 21-year-old has made 12 starts and three relief
appearances in the California League this year,
posting a 5.12 ERA with 9.0 K/9 and 3.0 BB/9