Dodgers Rumors: Twins wanted more top talent for Brian Dozier

Dodgers rumors indicate that Minnesota wanted to try and force the Dodgers’ hands.

The Los Angeles Dodgers recently ended their search for their starting second baseman last week afterswappingfor Tampa Bay’sLogan Forsythe.

This meant that Los Angeles had officially moved on from a potential trade with the Minnesota Twins forBrian Dozier.

It was widely reported that trade fell through after the Dodgers and Twins reached adeadlockon the prospect package for Dozier.

Now it’s been revealed by the Dodgers just how costly Dozier would have been.

Not only that, but how deep Minnesota wanted them to go.

The Twinsare saidto have wanted three top-5 prospects for Dozier that at one point includedJose De Leon,Yadier Alvarez, andWillie Calhoun.

De Leon’s inclusion in the package is no surprise, given howopenthe Dodgers were on parting ways with the 24-year-old right-hander for a second baseman.

De Leon was ultimately traded to Tampa Bay in the deal for Forsythe.

Calhoun, the Dodgers’ top second base prospect, was also one player the team was willing to trade away for an established replacement.

Alvarez, however, was recentlyconfirmedby the team to be one of the two “untouchables” in its pitching prospect pool – the other being RHPWalker Buehler.

The Twins’ continued insistence on acquiring Alvarez then helps explains why the deal was never sealed.

Both Alvarez, 20, and Buehler, 22, are notprojectedto make their debut in a Dodgers uniform until at least 2018.

Alvarez will begin the 2017 season in Single-A baseball with the Rancho Cucamonga Quakes.

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While Buehler, who is on a strictinnings-limit, is not expected to pitch past Double-A baseball this season.

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