Gleeman & The Geek: End of the Line for the 2026 Twins

[John Bonnes]

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0:00 Intro: John checks off his last active MLB ballpark in Sacramento
2:03 Twins win first road series since July in San Francisco
2:03 Final series vs. Texas Rangers with the AL West title at stake
8:00 Final Twins games for Ryan Jeffers, Taylor Rogers, Josh Bell, Bailey Ober?
9:07 Will Kendry Rojas get a look before the season ends?
10:40 Walker Jenkins goes from 4-for-45 to above-average MLB hitter
14:15 Luke Keaschall reaches 10 home runs as his defense improves
20:50 Royce Lewis ends the season lost at the plate again
22:57 Ryan Jeffers slumps after nine straight starts at catcher
33:14 The Alex Jackson saga and Twins roster construction. 
45:51 15 pitchers with a save: an AL record that reflects bullpen chaos
47:20 Hoffman passes Gomez as the Twins' top reliever
48:34 Septembers bullpen struggles and what it means for the offseason. 
57:50 Connor Prielipp finishes his rookie season healthy with 140+ innings
1:03:42 Zebby Matthews: a 6.87 September ERA and a bullpen future?
1:06:05 Joe Ryan, Bailey Ober, and the Twins' history of rotation-depth mirages
1:09:50 Derek Falvey joins the Mets front office
1:17:39 Daniel Adler parts ways with the Twins
1:23:55 Longtime scouting executive Deron Johnson let go
1:25:15 Is Tom Pohlad reshaping the organization or just saving money?
1:30:24 A Thad Levine interview and offseason plans for the show

 

 

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[Richie the Rally Goat]

Regarding the shrinking of the baseball operations front office, sometimes an org can build out too much operations management and decrease speed and decision quality as a result, especially if the systems and processes weren’t built along with the overhead increases. Things get worse when there’s too many egos to feed.

its not clear to me that decision quality and minor league development improved under Falvey.

while I REALLY dislike Tom Pohlad’s approach and I hate a ton of the FOs decisions over the last couple years, I don’t know if the driver of the FO headcount is Pohlad’s, Zoll’s or collaborative; I can imagine a scenario where the decision to slim down the FO is best for the team.