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A lot of fans lament about how players get better after they leave the Twins, and sometimes it’s fun to draw up a 25-man roster of former players to see just how true that is.

We’ve changed that up a little bit with this exercise, however. Here, we’re looking for players who have Twins fingerprints on them. Did a player get picked in the Rule 5 draft and get sent back? They would count. Did the

Twins draft them but not sign them? Pick ‘em up! Did they go to spring training but not make the team? Let’s go!

So what’s the best team we can make out of players who have the Twins’ fingerprints on them?

Let’s see what we can come up with:

Starting Lineup

• C – Jason Castro (current)
  
• 1B – Yonder Alonso (16th-round pick in 2005)
  
• 2B – Brian Dozier (current)
  
• 3B – Miguel Sano (current)
  
• SS – Jorge Polanco (current)
  
• LF – George Springer (48th-round pick in 2008)
  
• CF – Byron Buxton (current)
  
• RF – Aaron Hicks (2013-15)
  
• DH – J.D. Martinez (36th-round pick in 2006)
  

This is a pretty damn good offense. No room for Joe Mauer and no room for Max Kepler in the starting lineup or even on the bench. I’m not sure how I’d line things up, but Hicks at the top probably starts things, and this team is going to score a ton of runs. I wasn’t expecting Castro behind the plate, but I’m also not buying Kurt Suzuki’s ridiculous season with the Braves, either.