REPORT: Twins, Diamondbacks Close to Eduardo Escobar Deal

Ken Rosenthal and Dan Hayes of The Athletic are reporting that the Minnesota Twins are close to moving utility man Eduardo Escobar to the Arizona Diamondbacks.

This tweet from Jon Heyman of Fancred seems to suggest the deal is at or very near the finish line:

While everyone waits to hear what is coming back to the Twins in a possible trade, here's a look at the top-30 prospect list from the Diamondbacks via MLB.com.

Also worth noting: there is a Fogo de Chao near Phoenix! Google maps says it's 15.2 miles from Chase Field.

UPDATE 1:

John Gambadoro -- a radio host from Arizona Sports 98.7 in Phoenix -- is reporting that the Diamondbacks have traded three minor-league prospects for Escobar.

He's also saying there are no top-10 prospects on the move.

This is also fairly interesting:

UPDATE 2:

From the Twins media in the Fenway Park clubhouse:

https://twitter.com/JakeDepue/status/1022946295940612096

UPDATE 3:

Here are some tweets from Nick Piecoro, Diamondbacks reporter for The Arizona Republic:

https://twitter.com/nickpiecoro/status/1022949843268984832

UPDATE 5:

It appears Jeff Passan of Yahoo! Sports is the first to have the full package coming back to the Twins:

https://twitter.com/JeffPassan/status/1022950964339335170

https://twitter.com/Brandon_Warne/status/1022951701144379393

https://twitter.com/jcrasnick/status/1022951198796730369

UPDATE 6:

Miguel Sano is on his way back to the Twins, though he isn't expected to be back with the team until Saturday.

https://twitter.com/MillerStrib/status/1022953828168216576

UPDATE 7:

Here's prospect guru Chris Crawford on his feelings regarding the prospects the Twins got back in the deal:

https://twitter.com/Crawford_MILB/status/1022952130322292736

More on this story as details become available.

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