The Twins and Derek Falvey “could soon complete a new deal” to retain the executive VP/chief baseball officer beyond the end of his current contract, ESPN’s Buster Olney reports. The specific terms of Falvey’s original deal weren’t released when he was hired by Minnesota after the 2016 season, though it was believed that he was signed through at least 2020.
Still only 36 years old, Falvey has enjoyed quite a bit of success since taking over the Twins’ baseball operations department. Brought in to provide fresh perspective within an organization that had perhaps become too insular and old-fashioned, Falvey and GM Thad Levine have managed to both modernize the Twins’ front office while also leading the club to the playoffs twice in three seasons. Minnesota won a wild card slot in 2017 and then captured the AL Central this year with 101 victories, the second-highest win total in the 119-year history of the Twins/Washington Senators franchise. The only downside is an 0-4 record in the postseason, losing all four games to the Yankees (who have dominated the Twins for the better part of two decades).
Perhaps most importantly, Minnesota is well-positioned to remain in contention going forward. Jorge Polanco and Max Kepler were signed to long-term extensions in the spring, and Falvey and Levine focused on acquiring only short-term assets last winter, several of whom (most notably Nelson Cruz) ended up being big contributors to Minnesota’s division title. This leaves the Twins in position to spend more significantly this offseason, and Falvey said yesterday that “impact pitching” will be targeted to help a rotation that could be thinned out in free agency.
It isn’t surprising that the Twins would look to keep Falvey in the fold given his already-strong track record with the team, though Olney notes that the timing could also be related to the Red Sox, who currently the only team looking to fill a general manager vacancy. Falvey is from Massachusetts, though as of last month, was reportedly “very happy” in Minnesota and seemingly not looking to take on another position elsewhere.
If a new contract for Falvey could be coming soon, it stands to reason that Levine might also be in line for an extension in short order. Levine has been on the radar for other teams looking to make front office hires, though he turned down a request from the Mets to interview for their open GM position last year.
Modernize=hoard more profit.
Just make sure everyone on that staff stays and realistically Shelton will probably become a manger but they gotta find a way to keep him and rowson
Shelton will be managing another club before he has a chance at the Twins.
Extend the kid regardless of postseason success!
I’m rather shocked there is no Jacob Nyx news
twins once again willing to pay executives for mediocrity and profits: So Far the Dynamic duo has won the same number of world series as Ryan did, yet the team is extending him because they saved money not producing the best…
Are you one of those people who enjoy being negative about life ??
No I am one of those people who opposed spending PUBLIC money to build a stadium for billionaires because they would never live up to the promise made before the state legislature to spend the money on the team.. they haven’t .. everything on the cheap.. put the money in their pockets and never look back..
The Twins currently spend more money then they ever have in the entire history of the franchise. Your one of the “I dont actually have any idea what I’m talking about ” guys.
The Twins are just about right where they’ve been in terms of league spending position for a decade. The concern over the lack of investment is legitimate and widespread.
Apparently you have never heard of INFLATION: in Baseball it has been about 5% per year and if you take into account inflation they spent less this year than they did in 2010…
Based on your response you must hate Trump ?
Based upon my response i am a baseball fan who apparently knows enough you would try to smear me with you political garbage..
Thank you !
over 100 wins in a season is pretty damn successful no matter the division
Oh so they did not win the world series so you think he is not worthy? So perhaps they should just hire you. After all you would not win the world series either so you must be as good as him per your logic
101 wins……. hardly mediocre
did you see that pitching staff they took int the post season, They could care less about that winning as long as they sell tickets.. if winning is the object of the game, you need the pitching that actually gives you a shot at winning it all rather than just beating up the worst teams in the league.. They Knew as i knew and many knowledgeable fans knew .. the built a team to hit home runs and didn’t care about winning the post season.. in fact they said as much to paraphrase: ” we’re waiting for the window to be wide open and be pre-season favorites then we will step on their necks””.. apparently the breezes generated this year were not enough to invest in trying to win the world series..
you may be a baseball fan but IMO you have no clue what it takes to be successful. It is very easy to be so critical, negative and clueless with zero experience running a MLB Team .. A number of teams would gladly have their team win 101 games and feel pretty darn good about it . Get A Clue !!
You attack me from a lack of understanding : i was taught the idea of playing the game is to win to the highest levels. Team and their owners currently are not doing that; their motive is selling tickets and could care less about winning it all. This is in violation of the MLB’s own rules; Players must by rule do everything they can to win every game or face punishment… Owners are under the same rule, yet they don’t enforce it on themselves.. They are Hypocrites who come to the public asking for publicly financed stadiums to build teams and instead build profits and could care less about giving their all to win the season.. The whole point of playing :TRYING TO WIN IT ALL with every effort… Clearly you don’t know the history of baseball.
Until and unless the Pohalds sell the team to someone who wants to win, it doesn’t matter who the VP or GM is…they will never pull the trigger to add the necessary pieces. They had a chance this year, and passed! Been a fan since 1968, but they have just about lost me. If they continue in this vein they ought to reimburse Hennepin County for the tax money that went into building their stadium!
Who did they pass on this year?
Good question ..
They’ve won two world series in that time so your logic is incredibly stupid.
The Twins haven’t won a World Series since 1991, dude. It’s been nearly 30 years since they’ve been to the World Series and that was two baseball eras ago. 2 teams make it every year so on a pure average basis, teams should make it once every 15 years. Coming into this year, no team in baseball had lost more games over the previous 8 years.
Basically, the Twins took an enormous public subsidy and sucked hard core while passing up obvious routes to contention due to the ownership being extremely risk sensitive.
The criticism is very defensible.
That’s silly. The Twins have drawn 20 million plus since target field opened. You don’t think Hennepin County and the rest of the TC metro hasn’t profited from that?
Feel free to follow another team where the weather is fair…….
Agree 100%
Thank you .
This is a bad idea, he came to the Twins as a pitching expert. Take a look at the results, send him on his way and get a baseball guy not a baseball nerd.
Tell me the last time we had a better pitching staff? I’ll wait. Maybe the Johan days but that was 12+ years ago. . Look at our record since he took over compared to the last stretch of Terry Ryan’s tenure. Get real man
The man had the best line up in the history of baseball. He failed to improve it and settled for our in house candidates. Apparently mediocrity is fine with you and we should reward Falvey for just that. I wouldn’t trust him to make a decent trade, the best thing he’s done so far is have Darvish sign with the Cubs.
If he would have convinced Yu to sign with the twins this franchise would be set back further. His track record doesn’t deserve a extension.
Tell me the last time we had a better pitching staff? I’ll wait. Maybe the Johan days but that was 12+ years ago. . Look at our record since he took over compared to the last stretch of Terry Ryan’s tenure. Get real man
He’s from Boston, he should be on the Red Sox list of candidates
The thing I’m most concerned about here is the history of how tight spending Falvey has been. While Levine saw Texas open it’s wallet up and spend when they wanted to improve their odds, Falvey worked with the Indians prior to the Twins and has a history of conservative moves more in line with Terry Ryan.
Are the Pohlads looking to extend Falvey because he’s a younger version of Terry Ryan and they know they’re getting a GM who is as risk averse as they are?
Most people that comment on the Twins are clueless and or out of date. The Pohlads aren’t a problem. The payroll is at record highs. They’ve continually said they will open the purse. This isn’t Carl’s team anymore.
For the record I’m talking about the peeps that still think the team is poorly ran…..
the payroll has fallen compared to the 2009-2010 season.. given baseball inflation meaning the numbers say you spent more but when you measure it against ever other team in the MLB you didn’t.. you spent less
Regarding your lack of spending, increased payroll by the Twins . Throwing Mony at a situation does not guarantee a World Series !! Just ask teams like the Yanks, Red Sock, Dodgers and the Cubs over the recent years . After spending Millions on top of Millions that did not get them to/or win the big dance how they feel ? The Yanks finally won their division this year after being an also ran year after year !! Facts and records do get in the way of your BB expertise???