While much was made of only one Major League Baseball trade deadline this season, that only pertained to players on the 40-man rosters of teams. Players in the minor leagues can still be traded.
General manager Jerry Dipoto made two of those moves on Friday, trading a pair of players on Class AAA Tacoma’s roster.
Sources confirmed that a deal to send outfielder Ian Miller to the Twins has been agreed upon. The two teams are expected to announce it on Saturday. The Mariners are expected to get back cash in the deal.
Miller, 27, has been a popular subject amongst Mariners fans, specifically the organization’s perceived unwillingness to call him up to the big leagues with injuries to Braden Bishop, Mitch Haniger and Domingo Santana and the trade of Jay Bruce.