Twins at Field of Dreams

[AftonTwinsFan]

I found the Twins advertising for the game at Field of Dreams to be interesting.  With the game being played in August, I am guessing this will not age well.  It seems possible that none of the 5 players may be on the team for that game.   Some/most may be traded during the offseason or certainly at the trade deadline.   The most likely to still be around would be Buxton and Lewis, but will they be healthy by August?  They probably should have used a photo of Shelton and some of the prospects at Triple A. 

[The Great Hambino]

35 minutes ago, AftonTwinsFan said:

I found the Twins advertising for the game at Field of Dreams to be interesting.  With the game being played in August, I am guessing this will not age well.  It seems possible that none of the 5 players may be on the team for that game.   Some/most may be traded during the offseason or certainly at the trade deadline.   The most likely to still be around would be Buxton and Lewis, but will they be healthy by August?  They probably should have used a photo of Shelton and some of the prospects at Triple A. 

They're just presenting the status quo.  If someone gets traded, they can easily replace him in the graphic with Keaschall or Jenkins or whomever else makes sense.

Imagine the uproar if they'd left Ryan or Pablo off.  It would be an unnecessary tipping of their hand, even if they do eventually get traded.  Or put another way: it's much better to include them and replace them as they get traded than it would be to leave them off and then a trade doesn't materialize for whatever reason

It also could very well be put together by MLB and not the Twins, and they're interested in presenting the best possible sales pitch for the game that they can.  Shelton and the Saints doesn't sell from their perspective