Tuhia he tohumate mō tēnei wāhanga - I muri i te tau i tākaro ai te Twins i te petipeti.500 mō te nuinga o te tau, i toa te kapa i te 17 o ā rātou kēmu 21 whakamutunga ki te taurite i te Detroit Tigers mō te kaiārahi i te Central Division. I taea e nga Twins te whakamahi i te ture takaro-i roto i to raatau painga i te wa i wini ai ratou i te AL Central i te mutunga o te waa auau na roto i te keemu tiebreaker 6<unk>5 i mutu me te 12th-inning walk-off hit na Alexi Casilla ki te mara matau, i eke a Carlos Gómez. Heoi anō, kāore rātou i eke ki te American League Championship Series
i a rātou e ngaro ana i te Rōpū Wāhanga o te Rōpū o Amerika i roto i ngā kēmu e toru i te rārangi ki te toa o te Rōpū o te Ao o New York Yankees. I taua tau, ko Joe Mauer anake te kaiwhiwhi tuarua i roto i nga tau 33 ki te wikitoria i te tohu AL MVP. I wikitoria a Iván Rodríguez mo nga Rangers o Texas i te tau 1999, i mua atu i tera, ko te kaiwhiwhi whakamutunga ki te wikitoria i te AL MVP ko te New York Yankees Thurman Munson i te 1976.