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De Leon face the Twins tomorrow btw

Meanwhile, the Twins haven't developed a useful starting pitcher since Liriano

Yeah but why say stuff like this: "I love Sborz, but the Dodgers didn’t think all that much of him," Knapp said.

Why are the Twins new FO using the press so much? I'm a Dodger fan and I don't ever remember trade talks being as public as Dozier's with Freidman/Zaidi around. Then there's the latest Beradino article where the roving pitching coordinator says Bellinger/De Leon for Dozier would've been a fair deal. What is the point of that?

the Dodgers have a playoff roster w/o Dozier, you guys. I want Dozier, but it's is not like a controversial take that they're one of the best teams in the NL right now.

The other problem is that there is no need to make a desperation move this late into the off-season. The deadline to make a trade is still 6 months away.

Dozier has always been a luxury to the Dodgers. They have an above average position players at C, SS, CF, 1B, 3B, RF (just on Puig's defense at least) to go along with a high end and deep pitching staff. They just need someone to be close to Utley's production of last year. On the other hand, the Twins haven't had a worth wild young SP make a difference in a decade+. Their desperation for good young SP had been well documented. I don't think they're are panicking, but they can't keep running out 90+ loss seasons w/ a relatively new ballpark.

Looks like this trade dead. Thank you for a hospitality, Twins fans. Looking forward to following Hunter Greene's progress if you guys take him. About 10 years apart, but I went to Notre Dame HS, as well.

If the front office would've subscribed to this line of thinking, Corey Seager would be on the Phillies right now.

Dodgers/Lakers insider guy (he broke the Justin Turner/Kenley signings) Chris Camello ‏@Chris_Camello Sources: There has been some movement between #Dodgers and #Twins in regards to Dozier. Not sure what that means but next 24-48 hrs are big Chris Camello ‏@Chris_Camello I'm not saying that a trade is automatically going to happen the next 2 days but #Dodgers appear to be making some progress

The fact that the Twins haven't walked away yet, despite not receiving the offers they want, proves that to kinda want to trade him. I mean, they've been "talking" to teams for 2 months now.

Dodgers signed Jose Miguel Fernandez, a 2B Cuban FA. Minor league deal, though.

You mean the type of pitchers the Twins should be targeting as a 2nd piece has nothing to do with Dozier's value?

Cotton is young and cheap, so hypothetically speaking, we are talking about future Twins rotations

TyTy is right. Even throw away prospects like Jharel Cotton (used in the Rich Hill/Reddick trade) pitched 40ish innings like a mid rotation arm for Oakland in the bigs. Cotton, who had certain s of his own as a prospect, would probably be the Twins 3rd best SP behind Santana and maybe Berrios.