Or the Twins pick up a significant portion of his contract in exchange for better prospects. I highly doubt that would ever happen but that would be...
Yup, that's the way the world works. It's not always fair or pretty. Even if someone doesn't like the outcome doesn't change the fact that logically...
Even in that example you say, "...worked out better than anyone had the right to expect...". So even here you are using the pre-signing expectations...