BREAKING: Levine No Longer a Finalist for Red Sox Job

[Jeremy Nygaard]

Late Monday night, Twins Daily learned that Thad Levine is not currently in consideration for the lead job with the Red Sox. Jon Heyman reported this weekend that Levine and former Twin Craig Breslow were "prominently in the mix."

Image courtesy of Mark J. Rebilas (Image of Thad Levine and John Mozeliak).)

But something must have changed in the last 72 hours, though it is unclear if Boston pulled the plug on negotiations or if Levine may have turned down the job or simply removed himself from consideration. 

After trading Mookie Betts in February 2020 in a move that appeared to be pushed by ownership, there is some belief that ownership's involvement makes the general manager (or president of baseball operations) job less appealing.

Earlier Monday, Cody Christie had an in-depth write-up on Boston's pursuit of Levine.

It will be interesting to see how this plays out. Former Twin Craig Breslow appears to now be the sole front-runner. Twins President of Baseball Operations Derek Falvey turned down an interview and now Thad Levine appears to not be a finalist. 

What's the Red Sox next move? When do they make a hire? Or were Boston and Levine far enough down the road that conversations can be rekindled? None of that is clear right now, but we could have answers soon.

Others have confirmed and added additional context:

 

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[Fire Dan Gladden]

Happy to have him back...  For now.

[Dman]

I wrote earlier that I felt he had a good thing going in MN and Boston is not an easy place to hide like Minnesota.  I know he is well thought of league wide so I hope the Twins keep him and Falvey together to see if they can create some long term success together.

[JD-TWINS]

26 minutes ago, Dman said:

I wrote earlier that I felt he had a good thing going in MN and Boston is not an easy place to hide like Minnesota.  I know he is well thought of league wide so I hope the Twins keep him and Falvey together to see if they can create some long term success together.

Obviously, it’s too soon to the playoff wins to feel comfortable, or nobody has read this post yet. No negativity or shots at Levine or the FO???

So refreshing!

We all can be critical of sports team’s management at times as fans - no big deal. The level of angst and disgust for the “FO” over the past year seemed laughable to me at times. There were no right moves made “& never could be ……and btw, the manager sucks”. This was too routine.

Trading for Lopez took guts & thought & a depth of knowledge about Lopez. I hated it initially! Thought Luzardo was only available guy that made sense…….still didn’t want to trade Luis!! The depth guys - character FA signings of Farmer - Taylor - Castro - Solano - Vazquez got the team to the playoffs.

I trust these guys in the FO to at least be trying to do the right things & get better……..them as much as anyone else.

[nicksaviking]

Nice scoop Jeremy, and a shout out on MLBTR with a link to this page to boot:

https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2023/10/twins-thad-levine-no-longer-a-candidate-for-red-sox-front-office-job.html

 

[NeverSeenATwinsPlayoffWin]

Their loss. The Twins, as an organization, are doing much better than the Red Sox. In fact, the Red Sox are far and away the worst-run organization in that division. They can hire another lackey to build a roster of average joes with no real stars, while failing to develop a top-10 farm despite sucking for a couple of years. 

[Shaitan]

Is it really "breaking news" when nothing happens?