I was wrong. I really felt coming out of the All-Star, the Twins were in line to make a wild-card push. But painful successive series losses to the Rockies, Dodgers, Nationals and Red Sox put the Twins in a downward spiral. I've seen three major stock market crashes, and the trade deadline brought a historic sell-off as never seen. Perhaps there's sense to be made of all this nonsense if we compare it to a stock market crash......

For the Minnesota Twins faithful, the 2025 trade deadline felt less like a strategic realignment and more like a stock market crash.