You assume those other teams got better. They got different players. That does not, in and of itself, make them better. The Twins got different players as well. They just got those players in the off-season and sooner than the other teams. Not all of those teams that made deadline moves will get better. Some of them acquired the next Tyler Mahle, The next Dylan Floro, The next Jorge Lopez. The next Sam Dyson. And only one of them, or us, will end up holding the trophy. Many, if not most, will end up regretting the moves they made this week when the players they gave up are tearing it up in a few years.