A veteran of the postseason, Carlos Correa says the young Minnesota Twins will learn from this month's playoff disappointment.

The Twins were eliminated by Correa's old club, the Houston Astros, who are headed to the ALCS for the seventh-straight year.

"I wasn't ready for this at all. I was expecting to go a few more weeks at least and then party into the offseason," Royce Lewis said after Wednesday's 3-2 loss to the Astros. "We'll get them next year."

The Twins hit five homers but struck out 52 times, whiffing at an even higher rate than they did while setting the Major League record for most strikeouts in a single season.

"Experience played a big role. Some experienced guys over there had some good at-bats with people on base," Correa said. "We didn't get the chance to do the same, and they won the series. You've seen them do it for years now. Now that some of our guys got their feet wet in postseason baseball, next year I feel like we'll be a lot better, and I know the front office will put the right pieces together for us to go out there next year and go further, all the way."