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To say the offseason has gone poorly for the Minnesota Twins would be putting it lightly. Not only are they coming off the failed sale of the team<\/a>, but the front office has been shaken up<\/a>. Tom Pohlad is now calling all the shots, and he\u2019s missing many of the ones<\/a> he has already taken.<\/p>\n Last summer the Pohlads mandated a teardown<\/a> of the roster. It was a shocking exodus<\/a> for many established veterans, and rebuilding needed to take place this winter.<\/p>\n With less than two weeks until pitchers and catchers report, there\u2019s still plenty of uncertainty around what was accomplished<\/a>. We\u2019ll quickly see how tenable the situation is come Grapefruit League action<\/a>.<\/p>\n Former GM trashes Minnesota Twins offseason<\/p>\n Derek Falvey and Thad Levine are now both former Minnesota Twins general managers and it\u2019s hard not to argue they aren\u2019t better off for it<\/a>. Jim Bowden<\/a> (The Athletic) is a former general manager as well, and he\u2019s not putting lipstick on the pig that is the Twins offseason.<\/p>\n The Twins have had a dismal offseason. Their only significant moves were signing first baseman Josh Bell, reliever Taylor Rogers and catcher Victor Caratini. Those pick-ups helped their roster depth but likely won\u2019t improve their win-loss record. And now they\u2019ll enter spring training without longtime baseball head Derek Falvey, after\u00a0announcing on Friday\u00a0that he and the team were \u201cmutually parting ways.\u201d<\/p>\n Jim Bowden \u2013 The Athletic<\/a><\/p>\n Not only did Bowden saddle the Twins with a \u201cD\u201d grade, but also suggested they\u2019ll finish fourth in the AL Central. <\/p>\n You\u2019d be hard-pressed to believe that anything was mutual regarding Falvey\u2019s decision to step away. He has operated in this penny-pinching structure long enough to understand its intricacies. Just weeks after Tom Pohlad took over, Falvey had seen enough and said I\u2019m out.<\/p>\n While Bowden notes that Minnesota did add some veteran talent<\/a>, the question to what difference they\u2019ll make is valid. It\u2019s beyond plausible two of those three (Caratini signed a two-year contract<\/a>) will be sent packing at the upcoming trade deadline.<\/p>\n The Minnesota Twins are banking on the healthy of Byron Buxton, Pablo Lopez, and Joe Ryan. Beyond that, they are praying for significant contributions from prospects or otherwise unproven talent. That\u2019s not a strategy, and depth is something that was exposed a year ago.<\/p>\n Time for MN Twins to add isn\u2019t a good thing<\/p>\n Because tone-deaf statements are something that remain synonymous with the Pohlads, new leader Tom has consistently suggested there is still time to add this offseason. That may be true, but the talent isn\u2019t there. Payroll projects to come in just over $100 million<\/a>, and frankly he believes it should stop being a talking point.<\/p>\n Tom Pohlad to the media on Friday:<\/p>\n \u201cYes, our payroll is down from last year. I think there are still some investments to be made between now and Opening Day. I\u2019d also say, at some point, I\u2019d love to get off this payroll thing for a second. Let\u2019s judge the success of this year on\u2026<\/p>\n \u2014 Ted (@tlschwerz) February 1, 2026<\/a> <\/p>\n The time to add impact talent for the Minnesota Twins has come and gone. Frankly, any belief that ownership would actually have interest in doing so left following the 2023 payroll teardown<\/a> after achieving postseason success not seen in decades.<\/p>\n If the Twins give general manager Jeremy Zoll the ability to add another reliever for $1 or $2 million, ownership can say they weren\u2019t wrong, but it doesn\u2019t change the outcome. It has still been a dismal offseason in which almost every possible misstep was made.<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMentioned in this article: Derek Shelton<\/a> Jim Bowden<\/a> Tom Pohlad<\/a> <\/p>\n More About:Minnesota Twins<\/a><\/p>\n Add MinnesotaSportsFan as a preferred source on Google. \t\t\t![\"Add](\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/google_preferred_source_badge.png\"){kind=icon}
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