Complex sentence: During the 1967 baseball winter meetings, and the three-week-long interleague trading period then in effect, the Mets agreed to send Denehy and $100,000 as compensation for Washington's release of Hodges from his contract.
Split into simpler sentences: During the 1967 baseball winter meetings, and the three-week-long interleague trading period then in effect, the two teams came to an agreement. The Mets agreed to send Denehy and $100,000 as compensation for Washington's release of Hodges from his contract.