Not to say the sky is falling, but the sky might be falling.

Today is the start of MLB free agent signing – and the Twins figure to be in the news a lot over the next few weeks. The team started things off today by trading for aging veteran outfielder Craig Monroe.

Twins fans everywhere are going to be justified in asking the question:

“Is the entire Twins front office doing meth?”

Yes, the sky is falling in Twins Territory people. Torii Hunter is going to sign someplace else, probably with the White Sox. Nick Punto is going to be the full-time second baseman and Johan Santana is going to get traded.

Of course rather than trade for Miguel Cabrera or sign Mike Lowell, the Twins answer to all of this negativity is to trade for the 30-year-old Monroe, who hit just over .200 last season with the Tigers and Cubs.

I agree with this move if you want to have him as a fourth outfielder. But do you really want to pay a guy $4 million a year to hit .200 and sit on the bench every other day? Lew Ford would have done that for the league minimum.

And about Santana -- the Twins MUST trade him now. They should trade him today if they can, but no later than mid-December. It’s obvious to everyone that they aren’t going to be able to re-sign him. Rumors are flying that the Mets are willing to part with Jose Reyes or David Wright in order to get Santana. That’s a good place to start.

The Red Sox, Yankees, and Dodgers also have loads of talent and they want Santana -- so the Twins could actually get fair value for him.

It’s a make or break month for the Twins and I can’t remember a time when the franchise had this many questions to answer.

So far…I don’t like what I am seeing.