Matthew Pouliot of the excellent Circling the Bases baseball blog is reporting a list of type A free agents, and whether they’ve been offered arbitration or not.  Of significant interest to Twins fans should be the fact that neither Placido Polanco nor Orlando Hudson were offered arbitration, meaning the Twins will not be forced to forfeit a draft pick if they sign either player.  The preference here would be for the Twins to go after Hudson and his excellent ability to get on base; this would give the Twins a legitimate option to bat second in the batting order in front of AL MVP Joe Mauer.  Polanco wouldn’t be a bad pickup by any means, however.  Where Hudson would bring an offensive table setter with average-to-subpar defense, Polanco would bring less offensive abilities but more defensive value, based on their numbers last year.  Either option would go a long way toward solidifying the infield and rounding out the batting order.  The Twins should get on it immediately.