Who has the #1 claim right now? 

Can we get that big of a haul for Dozier right now from that team?

August trades don't yield enough to trade legit starters. Don't even consider it 'til the offseason, other than maybe getting talks started.

BD will be a barometer for a new front office. He is a valuable but replaceable asset. What the new FO does with him, will indicate whether they will be proactive in re-balancing and improving this roster, or continue to make square pegs fit round holes.

Polanco's been ready for a year.  Dozier spent 4 of the 6 months of that year hitting below .216.........

Polanco OPSed .739 last year in AA, and then .661 in short duty at AAA. I was a big Polanco backer, and he was getting close, but the evidence wasn't there to do more than let him ripen a bit more in AAA in 2016. Which he has...you can't always rush a 22-year-old.

I like the proposed haul and can't disagree with your assessment. And I'm a big fan of Polanco and his potential. Have been for some time. And I think the Twins have handled him poorly, at both the ML and milb levels of late, until recently.

I wouldn't move Dozier until the off-season when you can have multiple trade partners. Even then, I'm torn on trading him. I like Polanco getting his chance now. I glad he's getting a shot to see what he can do at SS, a position he's played all his life until this season in the minors. I'd be very interested in having him continue to play SS, possibly challenge Escobar next season, and at worst, provide a charge off the bench as a prime utility player to begin 2017 as he hopefully eases in to a full time role.

I just hate to see Escobar jerked around....like this

Someday, somehow, I hope that a decision on SS based on the defensive capabilities of Polanco/Escobar is not a discussion we will be having. It's not so much about whether either can "play" SS, it's whether they can raise the level of play there so it is a defensive plus. For the record, I still see Polanco's future at second, or as a possible fill in at third depending on the Sano outcome, and EE as a utility IF. I would still trade Dozier, but his streak makes the concept hard to defend. But no human being can continue not only to get his favorite pitch up in the zone, inside FB, PA after PA and continue to not miss one of them. It's beginning to border on crazy.

Dozier white hot, no question, perfect time to trade him, are you gonna tell me all the teams in contention have the 2b they want?  Of course his power makes him exceptional, and thats why I think we can get the proposed haul