The Minnesota Twins went from back-to-back AL Central titles in 2019 and 2020 to a last-place finish in 2021. Now they're back on top.
Minnesota is the first team in the American League to clinch its division, but it is alsowith a record worse than all three current wild-card teams. The Central really was that bad this year.
The Detroit Tigers, a team still sputtering through a rebuild, actually caught the Guardians this week, which is about all you need to know about this race. The Twins are a fine team, and being the only fine team in a bad division is sometimes enough to make the playoffs. Minnesota entered Friday ranked third in MLB in ERA among starting pitchers and second in the FanGraphs version of Wins Above Replacement. The Twins led baseball in quality start percentage at 47%.
Gray, a pending free agent, has been even better, with a 2.84 ERA and AL-best 2.85 FIP. Once maligned from his time with the New York Yankees, he has quietly become a highly effective pitcher, with a 3.24 ERA over the past five years.
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