REPORT: Twins to Trade Eduardo Escobar to Arizona

Sweet jeebus.  I hope it is John Ryan Murphy or Chris Hermann.

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I get throwing in the towel when we are 10 or more games back. But I hate the quit when we still have a chance. We better be getting a good return here. Its a good thing i am not a season ticket holder either. I would be demanding my money back for my remaining tickets.

Who's on third?

If the term "Cash Considerations" is uttered, I swear to God.....

We're getting three prospects for him. Good luck Eduardo!

Dozier to Milwaukee is next I would imagine

I get throwing in the towel when we are 10 or more games back. But I hate the quit when we still have a chance. We better be getting a good return here. Its a good thing i am not a season ticket holder either. I would be demanding my money back for my remaining tickets.

A "chance?" Three prospects for a pending for a pending free agent who is currently playing far above his historical average is exactly what the front office should be doing. I hope they can do the same with Dozier.

confirmed---- Dbacks gave up Gabriel Maciel, Ernie De La Trinidad and Jhoan Duran to get Escobar from Twins.

Bittersweet - all depends on the return.

Well, they sold high, which is all you can ask of management.

Once again I'm unable to like or quote people's comments. I like Sconnie's post @ 09:47 PM & I like terrydactyls1947 @ 09:59 PM!

So the Twins got two more outfielder and RHP who currently has a WHIP of 1.50..... Sounds like a terrible trade. The Twins don't need more OF.

Looks like a rough comparison in terms of Twins prospects would be:

Pearson

Balazovic

Jean Carlos Arias

Well, #11, #19 and I couldn’t find the other guy. Hope it works out for us, and wish you well Esco, we’ miss you.

According to mlb's site Duran and Maciel are top 20 prospects (#19 & #11 respectively) for the D-Backs, and Fangraphs has them at #14 & #15 respectively.  Add in the throw in of De La Trinidad and I don't think it's an awful return for a rental.

The Twins are running out of Ed's.

I think it's mighty nice of the Twins to bring in a mixed up Johan prior to putting Johan Santana in the Twins Hall of Fame....

Brilliant!

Here is an article on Duran. He's a big kid, 6'5", 20 years old.

http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/elgin-courier-news/sports/ct-abn-spt-baseball-cougars-jhoan-duran-st-0611-story.html

Pretty good get imo.

just a quick look at the players stats, looks pretty meh.... to me.  hope they can resign him in the offseason..

just a quick look at the players stats, looks pretty meh.... to me.  hope they can resign him in the offseason..

So hitting .311/.403/.442 with 8 HR, 56 RBI, and a 45/48 BB/K ratio (De La Trinidad) is meh...What do you think is good?

I expected to see Escobar traded, but if this is the best we can get I don't hold much hope out for the trade prospects of our other short term assets. I really would not want to trade Gibson or Pressly since we have another year left with them, although I recognize our return could be greater. 

Amazing that we couldn't even break into another teams top 10 prospects. So disappointing.

The AJ Pierzynski trade keeps on giving (Nathan/Bonser/Liriano --> Escobar --> Duran/Maciel. 

Sad to see Escobar go, he's been a real spark plug for this team.  However, I love this move, because:

1)Sano is coming back to man third

2)Escobar is playing above is head

3)They targeted high upside guys...Duran could be great, Maciel could be the third Brazilian player

4)Traded to NL, don't need to worry about it biting the team

And I don't think we have to assume this means punt on the season.  While Escobar brought fire to this team...remember that they have gone 13-5 in their past 18, and last year they got hot after Kintzler was traded.

I give this trade an A.

They get the MiLB players, and they get the same shot at resigning Eddie this winter as they have now.

Garver benefits and gets to hit cleanup tonight.

Bringing back Sano could make this look like genius asset management if he returns to form.