They beat the Yankees in the AL Wild Card Game presented by Budweiser and lost in five games in the AL Division Series to the Royals, blowing a four-run lead in the eighth inning of Game 4. Along the way, they produced the likely AL Cy Young Award winner in Dallas Keuchel and Rookie of the Year in Carlos Correa.
"Coming off of a 19-game improvement, we really felt we had another large improvement inside of us, and we accomplished it during the season and it got us into the postseason," general manager Jeff Luhnow said.