Minnesota Twins First-Place Clinch Scenario Minnesota does not have a first-place clinch number Here is a scenario in which Minnesota wins all 12 of their remaining games (78 total) but does not but does not clinch first place. Team W L PCT GB Cleveland 87 75 0.537 0.00 Kansas City 87 75 0.537 0.00 Detroit 85 77 0.525 2.00 Minnesota 78 84 0.481 9.00 Chicago 57 105 0.352 30.00 Tie breakers Cleveland wins the season series with Kansas City 8 games to 5. To construct the scenario, we start with the current standings in the division: Team W L GL PCT GB Detroit 85 65 12 0.567 0.0 Cleveland 78 71 13 0.523 6.5 Kansas City 75 75 12 0.500 10.0 Minnesota 66 84 12 0.440 19.0 Chicago 57 94 11 0.377 28.5 Next, we show how the remaining series of games in the division play out in the scenario: Chicago has won the season series with Minnesota 8 games to 5. Cleveland has won the season series with Chicago 11 games to 2. Cleveland has won the season series with Kansas City 8 games to 5. Detroit has won the season series with Chicago 8 games to 5. Detroit has won the season series with Kansas City 9 games to 4. Detroit has won the season series with Minnesota 8 games to 5. Kansas City has won the season series with Chicago 10 games to 3. Kansas City has won the season series with Minnesota 7 games to 6. Cleveland currently has 3 wins against Detroit and 4 losses. Cleveland wins 6 additional games against Detroit and loses 0. Cleveland wins the series 9 games to 4 Minnesota currently has 3 wins against Cleveland and 6 losses. Minnesota wins 4 additional games against Cleveland and loses 0. Minnesota wins the series 7 games to 6 Chicago wins 0 games agains teams outside the division and loses 11. Cleveland wins 3 games agains teams outside the division and loses 0. Detroit wins 0 games agains teams outside the division and loses 6. Kansas City wins 12 games agains teams outside the division and loses 0. Minnesota wins 8 games agains teams outside the division and loses 0. Combining the current standings with the wins and losses from the scenario results in the final standings listed above. # Minnesota Twins' magic number # Minnesota's magic number # Twins' magic number # MLB Playoff Race