Minnesota Twins can’t buy a win, start season at 0-7
The Minnesota Twins have entered a group of teams they want no part of, that being starting the season at 0-7 and not making the postseason, because in over 140 years of baseball at the major league level no team has ever made the postseason with that start.
Even being a week into the season, the Twins might be the team to break that trend, and become the first team gaining a postseason spot with seven losses to open the year. Though it might not seem like it now, the Twins aren’t getting destroyed by their opponents, they are just the anti-Orioles, as they can’t get the clutch hits or win the close games.
Minnesota has three losses by a single run, two losses by two runs and one loss by three runs. Their worst loss came against the Kansas City Royals by seven runs on Saturday.
Again, I’m not saying the Twins are going to win the AL Central or even gain one of the two Wild Card spots, but it is very tough to lose seven straight games like they have to start the season.
Eventually we all know lady luck will be on their side, but if that luck never occurs, losing more games by these types of close deficits will be tough on the players, coaches and especially the ones who will be most vocal about it … their fans.
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