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<\/p>\nThe Minnesota Twins are a contending team in both the division and American League as we near the month of August.<\/p>\n
The Twins are just three games off the lead in the AL Central, and are also just 1.5 games back in the race for the final Wild Card spot.<\/p>\n
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Many fans are hoping that the team is aggressive at the deadline in terms of bringing in talent that could help to make a postseason run.<\/p>\n
An article at ESPN.com has the Twins mentioned twice in trades that could rock the deadline that looms next week. Unfortunately, both pitched scenarios have the Twins selling big-name players:<\/p>\n
Buxton has been long rumored to be a Phillies target, and it makes sense, being that his skill set would address multiple of the team’s shortcomings — and in this fantasy world, he is willing to waive his no-trade clause.<\/p>\n
Our package going back to Minnesota features OF\u00a0Justin Crawford<\/a>\u00a0and SPs Gage Wood and Cade Obermueller. Crawford gives the Twins a potential long-term replacement for Buxton, and Wood and Obermueller provide future pieces for a rotation that has been bottom 10 in ERA in each of the past three seasons.\u00a0— Tristan Cockcroft<\/p>\n Minnesota Twins trade\u00a0Ryan Jeffers<\/a>\u00a0to New York Yankees<\/p>\n Ryan Jeffers has made sense for the Yankees since the offseason when a right-handed-hitting catcher was an obvious need. Now that need is glaring for New York, whose catchers have combined for the second-lowest OPS and wRC+ in the majors this season. The question is will the Twins, just 2\u00bd games out of a playoff spot, unload the impending free agent at his peak value? It doesn’t sound like it. A source recently told ESPN that owner Tom Pohlad intends to keep the team together.<\/p>\n One could argue that the Twins should attempt to thread the needle. They have scored the most runs in the AL with Jeffers playing in just 44 games due to a hamate fracture and they used their top two picks in this year’s draft on catchers, including No. 3 overall on Vahn Lackey. They could move Jeffers, who is enjoying a career season and in line for a hefty contract this offseason, and address weaknesses, especially the bullpen, for the stretch run. It could come down to how the next 10 days play out.\u00a0— Jorge Castillo<\/p>\n —<\/p>\n