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Latest On Twins’ Front Office Search

By Connor Byrne | September 18, 2016 at 4:26pm CDT

The Twins are moving quickly in their search for a president of baseball operations and could hire one by the end of the regular season, club president Dave St. Peter told La Velle E. Neal III of the Star Tribune earlier this week.

“That certainly is within reach,” said Peter. “It’s certainly not a requirement, but I think I have reason to believe that it is possible.”

St. Peter wasn’t willing to discuss specific candidates with Neal, who notes that the next head of the Twins’ baseball department might land the job in the next couple weeks but not take over until late October or early November. That could be the case if the Twins select a candidate from a team with World Series hopes. The Cubs fit that description, and the Twins have shown interest in multiple Chicago executives, including senior vice president of player development Jason McLeod, assistant general manager Shiraz Rehman and pro scouting director Jared Porter. They’ve also been connected to a pair of other likely playoff-bound assistant GMs, the Mets’ John Ricco and the Indians’ Derek Falvey. Royals AGM J.J. Picollo and Rays vice president of baseball operations Chaim Bloom are also possibilities, but Kansas City is barely in the postseason race and Tampa Bay is out of it.

To this point, Minnesota hasn’t reached out to Red Sox GM Mike Hazen or Rangers assistant Thad Levine, reports Darren Wolfson of 5 Eyewitness News (Twitter link). It’s unclear if either would want to join the Twins, who have had difficulty finding candidates willing to interview, Yahoo Sports’ Jeff Passan reported Wednesday. “Multiple GM types” haven’t reciprocated the Twins’ interest, per Passan, but St. Peter refuted that notion.

“We certainly understand and appreciate the high level of interest in our search,” he said. “We also recognize that a search of this nature is going to bring in a heavy dose of speculation. I will just say that it also brought a heavy dose of misinformation. Unfortunately, that is a product of the media world we live in today.”

In addition to candidates reportedly turning down Minnesota’s overtures, some teams have declined the Twins’ requests to conduct interviews with key members of their front offices, writes Neal. It’s not unusual for teams to prevent their executives from potentially heading elsewhere, but it’s an inconvenience for a Twins club that has been on the hunt for a front office leader since firing longtime GM Terry Ryan in July.

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6 Comments

  1. gmflores27

    9 years ago

    Dave Stewart and Tony Larussa looking for jobs

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    • mp9

      9 years ago

      lol

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    • ib6ub9

      9 years ago

      Not yet but hopefully soon. I just can’t believe you want to turn your team around but you won’t let the president of baseball operations pick his whole staff including management good luck with who ever takes over this mess

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  2. wjf010

    9 years ago

    Jim Pohlad’s requirement to retain the overmatched and incompetent Paul Molitor as manager obviously is a problem.

    Who knows how many other front office faves are must-keep.

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    • jd396

      9 years ago

      I will say that the fact that Rob Antony wasn’t appointed to the job before Terry Ryan got out to his car tells you that this is a pretty major overhaul for the Pohlads.

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  3. Djones246890

    9 years ago

    I don’t know why anyone would want this job. You’re only going to be a puppet, a “yes” man who gets most of his staff dictated to him. If I was a high performing executive in baseball, yea, thanks but no thanks. If my rear end is ultimately on the line, then I’m not getting hung out to dry for guys I didn’t even pick.

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