The Twins are primed for their first playoff victory since 2004 because:
A. They earned their way to a division title.
B. They get to play at home, where they are 24-7, against the Astros, who are 9-23 on the road.
C. The Houston Astros cheated their way to a championship and are/were run by a bunch of whiny kleptocrats and suddenly look much less adept at the plate now that they don't know what pitches are coming.
D. The Twins' rotation, as underwhelming as it might seem to the Minnesota fan base, might be the deepest they have had entering a postseason since 1991.
The correct answer is: E. All of the above.
But the most important might be C and D.
Kenta Maeda and Jose Berrios will pitch in Games 1 and 2 for the Twins, and Maeda's emergence as a prospective ace, combined with Berrios' late-season resurgence, might give the Twins their best one-two postseason punch since ... 1987?