You might as well call me an optimist because I’m not ready to throw in the towel on the Minnesota Twins. The Twins put together a tremendous season in 2019, winning 101 games and while many of those wins came against the likes of the American League Central (which was downright awful), they still were able to compete with some of the best teams in the American League to finish two games behind the New York Yankees in the standings.
Yet, in the first two games of the American League Divisional Series, the Twins have looked like the minor league counterparts that got called up and thrust into the October crucible that is postseason baseball.