Minoring in Twitter: Prospects react to Trade Deadline moves
By dannywild2013
By Danny Wild / MiLB.com
Baseball’s Trade Deadline is sort of the game’s version of Christmas in July, where fans of at least some teams wake up and find they’ve gotten what they wished for all summer: Martin Prado.
Oh, sorry, I meant David Price.
But beyond the marquee names on the move exists a whole other world in the Minors, where young players are pulled away from the only organization and system of teammates they’ve ever known as parts of larger deals. For these players, the Trade Deadline is more about Yankees infielder Gosuke Katoh scared to death he’ll have to say goodbye to his roommate than whether Jon Lester can bring a ring to Oakland. So for that perspective, we turn to Twitter, where Minor Leaguers weighed in on moves, reacted to being traded themselves or said farewell to friends:
Former Tacoma infielder Nick Franklin was dealt at the deadline as part of the David Price deal:
An interesting image via Twitter, here’s how Yankees №9 prospect Peter O’Brien found out he’d been traded to Arizona — sort of exactly how you might imagine it would look:
And would you expect anything less? What does LeBron and Tebow think of the trades, maybe?
Mitch Haniger was the Brewers’ №8 prospect before being shipped out:
Awwwww
And Taijuan Walker is just here thinking about lunch:
Moving on, we get to see what Keith Olbermann looks like dressed in El Paso’s new jersey (it’s not especially slimming, I have to say):
Nationals №1 Lucas Giolito, a man who owns the ranking once held by Bryce Harper and Stephen Strasburg, living the dream with a monkey:
Pawtucket’s Ryan Verdugo, who was born in California and went to LSU, has somehow avoided one of the staples of seafood: lobsters…
Great news, DJ Hicks’ fish are off the street and no longer homeless:
Look at those pants on Rockies №19 prospect Daniel Winkler (not to be confused with Reds №2 prospect Jesse Winker):
Injured Pirates №2 prospect Jameson Taillon is looking for a chance meeting with an ESPN icon:
New Orleans’ Justin Bour is 6-foot-4, 250 pounds and has a dozen homers and 51 RBIs with a .314 average this year, so I guess he’s allowed to wear this?
By the way, 250 on him looks a lot better than 250 on the rest of us.
But baseball players make errors…
Yes:
Oops:
Joey Pankake, who owns maybe the best name in the Minors (you’ll be able to vote on that soon) is thinking of… what?
Royals prospect Lane Adams is on the DL, so apparently now he’s spending his time legislating:
What is this, coffee made with Country Crock and Powerade?
Here’s Marlins prospect Chipper Smith’s socks:
And here’s laundry in a hotel room:
Minor Leaguer Bus Tweets of the Week
Uh oh. We’ve seen flat tires and disappearing drivers, but not empty gas tanks:
Minor Leaguer with Pretty Girl Tweet of the Week
Daniel Winkler is also dining on some hot sauce (honestly, salted caramel BBQ sounds like it could be amazing):
Michael Chavis plays for the GCL Red Sox and… um… well… he Tweeted this:
Here’s Manny Ramirez looking old like a wise veteran:
Help Phillies №1 prospect JP Crawford decide if he should buy a white Camaro or a black Camaro? Or, the correct answer, just tell him to get a Dodge Challenger instead:
Lucas Sims, still fishing:
What the heck is this?
Vic Black hasn’t been in the Minors since May, but come on, bacon on a stick:
Opossum Photo of the Week
Chipotle Tweets of the Week
Birmingham’s Kevin Vance is just trolling us, clearly just wanted to be featured here. And, you win:
