James Outman was enjoying an off day with his wife and young daughter when his wife’s phone rang, his agent on the other line.

Taj Bradley was sitting next to his teammate, Curtis Mead, when Mead’s phone lit up, informing him that he had been traded to the Chicago White Sox. As soon as Mead took his phone call, Bradley got one of his own, one which left him “kind of shell-shocked.”

As a top prospect in an organization with World Series aspirations, Mick Abel figured he might get traded, but the pitcher still described the week that followed as “a whirlwind.”

The Twins believe that all three, president of baseball and business operations Derek Falvey said, will be “long-term, significant impact players” for the team. And all three are beginning their Twins careers at Triple-A St. Paul as

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