This Twins era began with a 101-win team in 2019. They signed Correa in 2022, but the Correa era will have produced just one playoff season in four years. It might be a few years before the Twins are even thinking of the playoffs again. Twins fans can only hope that assessment is wrong.

After a frenetic trade deadline came and went, let’s take stock of who maximized their World Series chances and who could have done more (or less).