At long last, the September slate of five straight series against the AL Central comes to a close, with the South Siders “welcoming” the Minnesota Twins to Sox Park for a four-game set over the weekend. While the days of the small-ball Metrodome piranha Twins is long past, and the flash-in-the-pan, 101-win 2019 Twins quickly fade in the rearview mirror, the 2023 version is no less annoying than those Twins squads of yore.
These Twins, who embrace smug, unrepentant cheaters like Carlos Correa as one of their own, come to Chicago with a lead of seven games over the Guardians and 8 1⁄2 ahead of the Tigers; both teams looked to challenge the Twins for an AL Central crown that undoubtedly will be won by default.