The Milwaukee Brewers made a trio of moves before midnight on Friday, acquiring Gio Gonzalez, Curtis Granderson and Xavier Cedeno.

The Brewers are looking to make the playoffs for the first time in seven years.

Milwaukee acquired Gonzalez from the Washington Nationals for catcher/first baseman KJ Harrison and infielder Gilbert Lara. They'll also absorb the $2 million left on the left-hander's contract.

Granderson comes over from the Toronto Blue Jays. The Brewers sent the Blue Jays outfielder Demi Orimoloy.

For Cedeno, Milwaukee sent outfielder Bryan Connell and reliever Johan Dominguez to the Chicago White Sox.

The Los Angeles Dodgers acquired David Freese from the Pittsburgh Pirates on Friday for minor league infielder Jesus Manuel Valdez.

Freese, who is hitting .283/.337/.447 this season, will serve as a right-handed hitting platoon option at first base. He may also occasionally play third.

"He's a veteran presence, offensive, great clubhouse guy," Dave Roberts said. "Our guys [in the front office] have done a great job supporting us, and I'm really excited to have him."

The Cleveland Indians have acquired Josh Donaldson from the Toronto Blue Jays for a player to be named later.

"This is one of the most dynamic players in the game on both sides of the ball when he's healthy," Chris Antonetti said. "We think there's an opportunity for him to get to a point this month where he'll be playing in games regularly and has a chance to impact us in the postseason."

Donaldson has dealt with shoulder and calf injuries this season and hasn't played since May 28. On Thursday, he homered in his first at-bat in the second game of his rehabilitation assignment with Class-A Dunedin.

"We had to do our due diligence to make sure we were getting back a player that we felt had a chance to help us," Antonetti said. "We know we're taking on some risk with that. But we feel we've built that in appropriately with the structure of the deal and spent quite a bit of time talking with the Blue Jays on how we appropriately balance that risk."