Instead of finishing off that sweep, the Twins finished the season 12-27 — just one game better than the historically bad Chicago White Sox in that span and third-worst in MLB — going from a better-than 90% chance to make the playoffs to finishing fourth in the American League Central Division and four games out of a playoff spot.

It was a disappointing end to a disappointing season for the Minnesota Twins. The Twins fell 6-2 to the Baltimore Orioles Sunday afternoon at Target Field in Minneapolis in their final game of the season.

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Rocco Baldelli will return next year as manager of the Minnesota Twins despite a late-season freefall that left the defending AL Central champions out of the playoffs. President of baseball

Players were left to lament the final six weeks of the season that cost the Twins a playoff berth, with Carlos Correa blaming himself for missing two months and Royce Lewis saying he ran out of gas.