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<blockquote data-quote="Slammed" data-source="post: 3591549" data-attributes="member: 554316">From Jayson Stark and Buster Olney:“If the Twins were satisfied with Lester’s medicals, it’s believed they would accept a swap of him, Coco Crisp, shortstop prospect Jed Lowrie and either highly regarded pitching prospect Justin Masterson or another player. Or if the Twins reversed field and decided they wanted center fielder Jacoby Ellsbury instead, it’s believed that would be a 3-for-1 trade - with only Ellsbury, Masterson and Lowrie going to Minnesota.”Olney writes that a deal could go down ‘sometime during the early morning hours.’…so, basically, keep the coffee brewing……Update…3:29 am…Gordon Edes of the Boston Globe writes that Sox GM Theo Epstein and Bill Smith, his Minnesota counterpart, have called it a night, but with given the medical information swap, a deal “appears close” and could be done in the morning. He and his Globe colleagues are working to rumors that the package Boston is sending to the Twins consists of Lester, Crisp, Lowrie and Masterson.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Slammed, post: 3591549, member: 554316"] From Jayson Stark and Buster Olney: “If the Twins were satisfied with Lester’s medicals, it’s believed they would accept a swap of him, Coco Crisp, shortstop prospect Jed Lowrie and either highly regarded pitching prospect Justin Masterson or another player. Or if the Twins reversed field and decided they wanted center fielder Jacoby Ellsbury instead, it’s believed that would be a 3-for-1 trade - with only Ellsbury, Masterson and Lowrie going to Minnesota.” Olney writes that a deal could go down ‘sometime during the early morning hours.’ …so, basically, keep the coffee brewing… …Update…3:29 am… Gordon Edes of the Boston Globe writes that Sox GM Theo Epstein and Bill Smith, his Minnesota counterpart, have called it a night, but with given the medical information swap, a deal “appears close” and could be done in the morning. He and his Globe colleagues are working to rumors that the package Boston is sending to the Twins consists of Lester, Crisp, Lowrie and Masterson. [/QUOTE]

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