Over-under suggests Twins are going to be the worst team in the AL aside from Houston

Good times

February 20, 2013 at 8:53PM
(The Minnesota Star Tribune)
(The Minnesota Star Tribune)

The early over-under lines are out for the upcoming MLB season per Bovada and, well, they aren't kind to your Twins. The site set the Twins' line at 67.5 wins -- the second-lowest total in the AL behind the woeful (and new to the league) Astros. The next-lowest above the Twins? Cleveland at 76.5. Yikes.

If there is a saving grace, we went back and looked at preseason over-under totals dating back to 2005. The preseason totals we found never ended up being within four games of the Twins' actual total.

Even a Twins pessimist -- a pessimist nonetheless gambling, for our purposes, with FAKE MONEY -- would be somewhat tempted by the over this year, correct?

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Michael Rand

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Michael Rand is the Minnesota Star Tribune's Digital Sports Senior Writer and host/creator of the Daily Delivery podcast. In 25 years covering Minnesota sports at the Minnesota Star Tribune, he has seen just about everything (except, of course, a Vikings Super Bowl).

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