Minnesota Twins series preview: Why bother?

If a series happens in the Northwoods and no one sees it, did it happen? If you add the death of a legend and a contentious Supreme Court confirmation to the mix, is it even less likely that the series happened?

Game times and pitching matchups are as follows:

Royals at Twins pitching matchups

Pitcher G IP K K% BB BB% ERA FIP xFIP SIERA fWAR rWAR Pitcher G IP K K% BB BB% ERA FIP xFIP SIERA fWAR rWAR Game 1 Heath Fillmyer 13 58.1 36 14.6 26 10.6 4.01 5.14 4.86 5.14 0.0 0.6 Stephen Gonsalves (L) 3 10.0 5 8.6 10 17.2 9.90 8.05 7.61 7.29 -0.2 -0.6 Game 2 Jorge López 14 40.1 33 18.9 21 12.0 4.24 4.12 4.59 4.80 0.2 0.2 José Berríos 28 167.2 171 24.6 49 7.1 3.92 4.05 3.92 3.80 2.6 3.3 Game 3 Ian…