Matt Capps, Pittsburgh Pirates. He has 15 saves with an ugly 5.16 ERA. He had health issues in May and seems recovered now; his ERA has actually dropped about three full runs since May 15.

Like Meredith, he’s about to enter arbitration eligibility, so the Pirates might be willing to move him for kids.

Prediction: My guess is that the Twins won’t trade for any of these guys. They’ll wait to see if they can fix Jesse Crain, or test an untried kid (or two or three, or more).

If they do trade for somebody on this list, my first choice would be Capps, followed by Baez. Of course, that all depends on the asking price.

The Twins should be willing to trade Delmon Young for any of them, and Ben Revere or Aaron Hicks for none.

Edward Thoma is a Free Press staff writer. He is at 344-6377 or at ethoma@mankatofreepress.com. He also has a baseball blog at www.mankatofreepress.com/ethomabaseball