This season and the .500 play in 2020 after the first 12 or so games, shows you even more why you DO mortgage your future and go for it by trading prospects (that never seem to come to fruition on the Twins) for the pitching ace and the special rentals or high cost player(s) in 2019. That season is now wasted with another pathetic playoff sweep, followed by 2020 playoff sweep, and now the window is slamming shut, and we have prospects with fading value, and can't hit or star on the mound when they are brought up. I would take a championship every ten years and 5 horrible seasons, than 5 horrible seasons anyway AND sweeps in the playoffs while thinking the prospect train will save you in the next year or two. When the future is now, it is prudent to not pass the close.