Minnesota Twins May Be Improving Without Making Any Moves

Success is relative.
Remember the good old bell curve in college? That 25 on the physics exam may have been statistically more imprecise than the final recited message during a game of telephone. Now if everyone else hit like Nick Punto on the test, you'd be OK.
Take the Minnesota Twins. In 2011, Minnesota was the worst team in the American League, besting traditional sourpusses Kansas City, Seattle and Baltimore. In fact, at 63-99, only the Houston Astros (56-106) required more tutoring than the Twins.
Houston is in the midst of a transitional period, having not reached the postseason since being swept by Chicago in the 2005 World Series. The Astros are also changing ownership. According to an AP source, buyer Jim Crane isn't allowed to finalize the team until he agrees to move Houston to the AL. The report suggests MLB wants a two way mirror and even numbers across the two leagues. Right now the NL has 16 teams, the AL 14.
The move wouldn't happen until 2013 at the earliest, given the 2012 schedule has already been released.
Still, it sounds like an opportunity for Minnesota -- whether it knocks off a letter grade on its own (Minnesota Twins wins) -- to look better very soon.
Gotta like the sound of that.