For those not glued to baseball Twitter, here’s how fast trade rumors can spread.
Over the span of 12 minutes late Monday, people were trying to figure out if the Washington Nationals had just traded their top prospect, Victor Robles, for Detroit Tigers outfielder J.D. Martinez.
“#Nationals prospect Victor Robles, who’s playing at High-A Potomac, left tonight’s game in fourth inning. Don’t know why,” Scout’s Max Wildstein tweeted at 9:54 p.m.
Followed by the Detroit Free Press’ Anthony Fenech’s tweet at 10:14 p.m.: “Noteworthy: J.D. Martinez has been pulled in the bottom of the sixth inning.