Is the Twins’ scoreboard breaking trades?

...Does the Target Field scoreboard know something we don’t?

It got weird up there in Minnesota on Thursday when the Twins’ scoreboard appeared to...break several trade deadline deals.

What? Huh?

SB Nation Twins site Twinkie Town did some layman’s work on Thursday, reporting that the scoreboard was indicating that...Carlos Beltran had been traded to the Indians.

And that Will Smith had gone from the Brewers to the Mets.

SEE? pic.twitter.com/3fRo4ynJlr

— Twinkie Town (@TwinkieTown) July 29, 2016

What? Huh? MLB beat writers squirmed for a hot second.

Twins beat reporter Rhett Bollinger spared everyone the confusion shortly after.

Mystery solved. No trades. It was scrolling potential trade partners based on this article: https://t.co/OKqcI2Cc1R https://t.co/55nzZwgL5V

— Rhett Bollinger (@RhettBollinger) July 29, 2016

But SOURCES SAY.

[TWEET:https://twitter.com/TwinkieTown/status/758833519262957569]

.@Twins thx guys

— Cleveland Guardians (@CleGuardians) July 29, 2016

Alas, no. The trades were aggregated without proper attribution (a cardinal sin on the internet and IRL IMO LOL) from this MLB.com hypothetical story suggesting ideas as the deadline approaches.

UPDATE: On Friday night, the Indians' scoreboard mocked the Twins scoreboard with their own update.

We're keeping you up to date on the latest trade rumors all night on our LF wall scoreboard. pic.twitter.com/5fyTGtLXM9

— Cleveland Guardians (@CleGuardians) July 29, 2016

Stay woke. RIP the Twins' scoreboard’s journalism career.