It appears the Athletics are replacing Brett Lawrie with Jed Lowrie. Oakland traded a reliever for the latter, and that may lead to the departure of the Josh Donaldson reminder:

Lowrie’s return all but ensures the A’s next will move either second baseman Brett Lawrie or third baseman Danny Valencia. Both are drawing interest from American League teams, according to big-league sources, but Lawrie, obtained in the Josh Donaldson deal with Toronto last winter, is considered the better bet to be traded: He can play second and third well, he has an enormous amount of natural ability and he turns 26 in January.

Lawrie peaked offensively at age 21, and declined both offensively and defensively at age 25. He’s not worthless, but he’s not worth very much. Whoever trades for Lawrie needs to do so with a plan in place to realize the potential of his rookie season.

Brendan McCurry goes to Houston. He pitched a few innings at AA in 2015, but overall, he showed a high K rate and a very low walk rate in two seasons as he rapidly rose through the minors. He’s the picture of a dominant reliever so prized today.