The Twins’ Saturday trade with Tampa Bay for Jake Odorizzi was smart in a lot of ways, given that Odorizzi fills a hole in the rotation, is under team control for the next two years at a reasonable price and didn’t cost the Twins a top prospect in return. Even given all that, it’s hard not to feel underwhelmed by what the offseason has netted the Twins in terms of pitching — at least if that was the final move. Odorizzi has proved to be solid but not elite in his career so far, which describes the high end of a lot of Twins starting pitchers. Ervin Santana is going to start the season on the disabled list, and it’s natural to expect some sort of regression from Erv after 2.5 quite good seasons with the Twins (the half-year in 2015 after his drug suspension, his 3.38 ERA with no run support in 2016 and his 16-8, 3.28 ERA year in 2017).

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