The MLB trade deadline will hit at 3 p.m. today and the Twins are expected to be included in plenty of rumors.
As for reality, one trade is in the books with the Twins sending left-handed relief pitcher Fernando Abad to the Boston Red Sox for a hard-throwing relief pitching prospect.
A source confirms the Twins traded reliever Fernando Abad to the Red Sox for reliever Pat Light.
— Rhett Bollinger (@RhettBollinger) August 1, 2016
According to Aaron Gleeman, the Twins are getting Pat Light, who throws in the high 90s but has bad control. He has a 2.32 ERA with 36 strikeouts and 17 walks in 31 innings at Triple-A this season.
Light is 25 years old and ranked the 14th-best prospectby MLB.com in Boston’s farm system. He was a first-round pick in 2012 – taken just five spots after Jose Berrios went to the Twins.
Twins traded Fernando Abad to Red Sox for 25-year-old Triple-A reliever Pat Light, who throws in high-90s but has very bad control. Project.
— Aaron Gleeman (@AaronGleeman) August 1, 2016
Pat Light was a 28th-round pick of #MNTwins out of NJ HS in 2009 but did not sign. Went 5 picks after Berrios in 2012.
— Mike BerardinoNDI (@MikeBerardino) August 1, 2016
