Somehow, July is already a third over and the All-Star Break is upon us, which means the trade deadline is sneaking up as well. That lends a little extra edge to tweets like these:
Mariners, Braves, Diamondbacks, Phillies among teams with scouts at Target Field for #MNTwins-#Royals. As oftentimes, hard to pinpoint normal scouting duties vs. trade specific work. Certainly a number of players on both sides are available.
— Darren Wolfson (@DWolfsonKSTP) July 10, 2018
Obviously, normal scouting duties, due diligence, etc. etc. etc. But since this is a piece of information we have, why not pull it apart and examine the contents like it’s an owl pellet in 7th grade science class?