This started as one of those Five Takeaway things, the most notable things we learned from the news conference that officially started Derek Shelton’s tenure as manager of the Minnesota Twins on Tuesday.

After going back through all the quotes, it quickly became clear that while there were a few newsy items dropped here and there, there was only one real solid truth to take away from an hour of questions and answers, and it’s nothing we didn’t already know.

After dipping into the deep end of the free agent pool by signing players like Carlos Correa and Josh Donaldson, and getting only two brief playoff appearances out of it, the Twins are starting over. If it’s not a rebuild, as Shelton insisted this week, it’s only because the team you saw play out the string in August and September wil

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