Remember in the early aughts of 2021, PECOTA had the Twins being the best team in the division and heading off to their 19th straight playoffs? I sure do. It’s my north star, the moment I can point to when I say “PECOTA is trash,” because, boy howdy, the 2021 Twins were garbage.
Twins fans will blame it on anything, I’m sure:
“Byron Buxton got hurt!”
“Rocco Baldelli is dumb!”
“Alex Colomé was a sleeper agent!”
“Yermiiiiin!”
The fact of the matter is, the Twins went from being an offensive powerhouse to whatever it is the Pirates usually are.