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<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>MILWAUKEE -- Unsure whether they could retain him beyond the end of the season, the Brewers instead traded outfielder Carlos Lee, their best offensive player, after deliberating all day Thursday. The club has sent Lee and top outfield prospect Nelson Cruz on Friday to the Texas Rangers for reliever Francisco Cordero, outfielders Kevin Mench and Laynce Nix and Minor League left-hander Julian Cordero. Lee was on the way to another career year -- he led the Brewers this season with 28 home runs and 81 RBIs -- but Mench presumably will replace Lee in a still-deep Brewers' outfield and Cordero should help a bullpen that surely needs it. Mench and Francisco Cordero are expected at Miller Park on Friday night, when the team begins a key three-game series against the Reds. Nix will head to Triple-A Nashville, and Julian Cordero is headed to Class A West Virginia.</div>http://mlb.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/news/article...t=.jsp&c_id=mlb
