The Minnesota Twins signed J.A. Happ to a one-year deal this season and to put it nicely, it hasn’t worked out.

In case you missed it, Michael Pineda was the latest player we took a look at in this series.

At this point, it sounds like a broken record to keep stating that this season has been a disappointment, but it has been. This could have been avoided if the front office decided to spend a little more money on better players.

Instead, they elected to sign Happ and Matt Shoemaker to one-year deals. Both of them are on the decline and in Happ’s case, almost pushing 40 years old.

It’s not that he’s having the worst season of his 15-year career, it’s how bad he’s been for Minnesota. Entering a game in which he’s penciled in as the starter, it’s hard to feel comfortable about the team’s chances

For all the negatives he’s been for the Twins, it would be wrong to not highlight some of the better games he’s had. On April 23, Minnesota defeated the Pittsburg Pirates 2-0 and Happ had one of the best starts for the Twins all season. In that game, he went 7.1 innings before losing his no-hit bid.

He gave the team five really good starts at the beginning of the season, going 2-0 with an ERA of 1.91. Since then, it’s been rocky and very up-and-down. He’s currently 5-5 with an ERA of 6.15 and a WAR of -1.1.

Going into the July 30 trade deadline, Minnesota may not find a trade partner. At 38 years old and turning 39 before the 2022 season, Happ is likely on his last leg.

No team is surrendering a young prospect for a player who has given the Twins this poor of starts. If Minnesota fails to trade him, they could do what they did with Shoemaker and DFA him, with the idea of moving him to the St. Paul Saints.