Denver – This is where the fun part begins. At least publicly, the Twins maintained that they\u2019d been paying no mind to the chaos in the AL West and AL Wild Card races, because they\u2019d take their present group against anyone in the playoff field. With the dust settled, that opponent will be the Blue Jays — and the Twins are up for that challenge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This Twins team has the AL\u2019s best record in September, and the second-best since the All-Star break. The Twins have scored 20 percent more runs than anyone else in the Junior Circuit in the season\u2019s final month, which they capped with a 3-2, walk-off loss<\/a> in 11 innings to the Rockies on Sunday, just their fifth loss in their last 16 games to finish out the regular season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n It\u2019s settled, then: The next time the Twins take the field, it will be at Target Field at 4:30 ET\/3:30 CT on Tuesday as the AL\u2019s No. 3 seed<\/a>, for a best-of-three Wild Card Series against Toronto, the No. 6 seed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cI think this whole time we stayed pretty, who we play is who we play and there\u2019s nothing we can do to control that,\u201d Ryan Jeffers said. \u201cEvery team has their strengths. Every team has their weaknesses. I think we\u2019re a pretty dangerous team, so we\u2019re fine to play whoever we play.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n