The 2020 AL Central Champions (Photo by Brace Hemmelgarn/Minnesota Twins/Getty Images)
Every year, a system put together by Baseball Prospectus predicts the the season ahead. PECOTA, which stands for Player Empirical Comparison and Optimization Test Algorithm, takes a look at player histories and projects what the season ahead could look like. If PECOTA is right for this year, the Minnesota Twins are in for a good year.
Most of the guys on the Twins roster are all players with long histories of being productive or are younger guys with room for likely improvement. That helps out with the team’s overall projections and makes that team more likely to be successful in the real world too.