Must be quite different, because prospects often perform differently than expected. Very often. If we knew how good a prospect would actually be, well, we don't.
I'd hope we trust the front office not to trade for guys ranked around 500th.... How do people think this team competes, if it won't trade impending free agents? This team is not a serious contender next year. Imo
Valuable? They won't even call up the RP taking up space in place of the old, bad, veterans in the pen. So, why do they need the space? But sure, don't promote Lewis or Rooker yet. The rest of the league is getting younger...
They build that solid core by trading players for more players. Like Houston did. Absolutely trade him, unless you are signing Machado and trading for a catcher. So, yes, trade him.
Fangraphs has a board you can check. They have the twins guy twelfth... The board will be updated for prospects soon. https://www.fangraphs.com/scoutboard.aspx
Is anyone going to ask the FO why Belisle has a job, and when he says mentor, follow up with "which young pitchers are actually on the roster" and ask what the other 6 - 8 veterans are doing?