The graveyard of hope that is the clubhouse of a freshly eliminated team is a painful place. Platitudes serve as balm. But when shortstop Carlos Correa stood in the middle of the Twins’ clubhouse moments after the Astros ended their season, the former Astro coldly defined the stark reality every team in the American League faces.
“We’re going to have to beat that team,” Correa told his teammates about his former teammates. “In order for us to get where we want to go, we’re going to have to beat that team. It’s that simple. They’re going to be there year in and year out.”
The AL pennant goes through Houston for a seventh straight year. Houston is 32–13 (.711) against AL teams in the postseason since 2019. Next up to take a crack at the defending world champions: Texas.
