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The Twins need to take a page from the White Sox book. Trade away your star player and get back amazing young talent. Trading away Chris Sale is going to be tough for them but it is the right thing to do to jump start their rebuild. It would be the same thing with Brian Dozier. Sell him now because he will never be this high of value again.

No way this deal gets done without De Leon. Twins are looking for top of rotation pitchers and De Leon projects to be that type. If the Dodgers won't give him up, the front office will move on. No questions asked.

The Twins need to be realistic. Over the next two years they aren't really going to do anything in terms of success and winning. Why keep Dozier? They almost have to sell high on him to jump start a rebuild.

But first, may we all bow our heads and thank the heavens that the Kurt Suzuki era in Minnesota is over.

Since the price for Dozier is presumably very high, everyone thinks of the Dodgers right away because of all their prospects. But there is another team that has a history developing young pitching well, the St.Louis Cardinals. It is a little outside the box but not outside the realm of possibility. Kolten Wong, their primary second basemen last season, played in 121 with a .327 OBP, .355 SLG, .682 OPS, and 82 OPS+. Mediocre numbers at best. The Cardinals could stay with him, but why would they when Brian Dozier is rumored to be on the trade block. The Cardinals finished the season 86-76, second in the NL Central and just missing out on a wild card. The Cardinals probably feel like they have to add to stay competitive in their division with the Cubs being looked at to be a main stay at the top of the division for years to come and it won't take long for the Pirates to turn it around after a sub-par 2016 season. If the Cardinals contacted the Twins about Brian Dozier, the Twins would probably say they want Alex Reyes. And rightfully so. But it would probably take more that Dozier to trade for Reyes. A package of Dozier, Rosario, and Gibson could maybe start to make the Cardinals think about it. If they are reluctant to trade away Reyes, the Twins could target Luke Weaver. Weaver is their number 2 prospect with some big league experience. Along with Weaver the Twins would likely pick up Wong, which would be okay. His contract isn't expensive money wise but has some years on it. He is signed thru 2020 with 25.5 million left and also has a option for 2021.