So you are telling me there is a chance.

[21bdp21]

This was an interesting article and it may be the Twins are not in as bad of position as we all seem to think, https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/no-mlb-team-is-great-and-fewer-are-awful-is-this-the-parity-we-wanted/

[Vanimal46]

Interesting read, but I think the author is jumping to conclusions too quickly about parity being back in MLB. No rules were changed financially or institutionally to justify a sudden change in parity. The author also assumes that teams hovering around .500 will continue to win every game possible instead of changing course by the deadline. I think the gap between the best and worst teams is still just as wide as 2019. 

[Musk21]

Don't know where I saw the tweet, but some of the expected best teams (Twins, Dodgers, White Sox...) are a combined 2-23 in extra inning games, while some of the expected worst teams are doing quite well in them. Probably dumb luck....But maybe the runner on 2nd rule is helping to artificially create this parity illusion?

[wsnydes]

Good read, but I think it's a bit early to make such proclamations.  Being about 5 weeks into the season, a hot or cold week or two still weighs into things quite a bit.  Strength of respective schedules probably plays into things more than it probably should as well.  

One thing it may provide is context.  It looks ugly for the Twins, but perhaps it's not quite as bad yet as it appears.  

[Number3]

Don't forget the 7 inning rule for double headers which compounds the runner on second rule since that now effectively goes into effect in the 8th inning of those games. What does that do? It gives teams that have weaker bullpens and less bench depth a huge break. What parity exists is because no one is knocking the cover off the ball.

[denarded]

4 hours ago, 21bdp21 said:

This was an interesting article and it may be the Twins are not in as bad of position as we all seem to think, https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/no-mlb-team-is-great-and-fewer-are-awful-is-this-the-parity-we-wanted/

That article was pointless. Not your fault, but your fault for me spending 5 minutes reading it. Bigger fool me