MILWAUKEE -- The Chicago Cubs traded outfielder Kosuke Fukudome to the Cleveland Indians on Thursday for two prospects.

The Cubs will receive minor league outfielder Abner Abreu and right-handed pitcher Carlton Smith from the Indians.

"He did do some good things here and played a lot of times very solidly," Cubs general manager Jim Hendry said of Fukudome. "First year he made the All-Star Game in New York, but there were some tough times, too, and some bad endings in the first couple of years. He didn't play as well as we thought in the second halves.

"In a perfect world, we thought the bat would play on a little larger scale when we signed him. He's a very solid guy and good teammate. Wish him nothing but the best. It's a good thing for him, too, to showcase himself in a pennant race. Good guy and a good ending for everyone."