Dave St. Peter, Derek Falvey and Jeremy Zoll Take New Jobs in Huge Twins Leadership Change

5 minutes ago, tony&rodney said:

I understand that you have one view of Derek Falvey. You do a good job of defending his work on numerous occasions. 

My belief is simply that there is complete transparency between the front office types with each other and that Falvey has known all along since he was hired (day one) the guidelines and barriers inherent to putting together the roster. Falvey is the architect of this team. On numerous occasions Falvey has stated that he has been given all the resources necessary to do his job. We can say he is a liar or maybe just believe him. 

Would I prefer the barrier be $200-250M for the Twins? Yes. However, I am also aware of the competition in the AL Central and the Twins, under Falvey, have been funded adequately.

You seem to think there was non-communication within the corporation, which is possible, while I find it unlikely. I would actually be flabbergasted if Falvey didn't know and understand all of his parameters.

Let us hope for some things, whatever that may be, to happen where the Twins are watchable in 2025.

Not defending him at all. I've said multiple times this is a questionable promotion. But this nonsense where if you like a guy you have to believe every move he makes is justified and well done and if you DISLIKE a guy you have to villainize everything that he does needs to end. It's not black and white, these people operate on a sliding scale. Just because you don't like Falvey, doesn't mean he's responsible for every terrible move this club has made.

And I don't think there was non-communication between the front office, as I said, I think the operations side was naïve and oblivious to the changing economic environment of the game. If somebody better suited to the job was running the show, maybe there would have been a different game plan. Not sure Falvey is that person, and his resume suggests he's not, but in either case, I'm glad St. Peter is gone, because he and the Pohald's 100% pulled the rug out from under the baseball side of the equation last year. Even a casual baseball fan wouldn't give those contracts if they knew payroll is going to get slashed in 12 months.

7 hours ago, bean5302 said:

This is huge, but cronyism is obviously a major component in these moves. Falvey strikes me as the type of communicator who is more careful with his words than a guy like St. Peter, but I question whether or not Falvey has the communication style and savvy to run the whole show. That said, it's pretty obvious Falvey is an excitable, younger guy who may be better equipped to understand the problems with the fan experience moving forward. I suspect the move is largely cost cutting from an administrative measure by the Pohlads; they've given up on the Twins' potential revenue streams increasing from attendance, and I believe they're in full sell mode. Falvey probably sees this as a huge opportunity to pad his resume.

Dave St. Peter's contributions to the Twins have been numerous over the years, but he's not the leader the Twins needed, and his failure to adapt to the changing times led to this outcome. I hope he's able to enjoy the additional flexibility afforded by the changed role.

Agreed, both directly reducing overhead and also likely retention efforts by Pohlads to keep Falvey and Zoll from taking laterals knowing at some point they’ll be fired. DSP getting a “demotion” keeps him as a voice to help shepherd Joe and keep DSP on the board.

12 minutes ago, tony&rodney said:

who knows - this may be his expertise.

You'd think he'd have known better than to announce a payroll decrease a month after their first playoff series win in 2 decades then, but we'll see! Maybe he's a quick learner.

11 hours ago, Vanimal46 said:

It’s unlikely we’re going to hear about an interested party until the deal is 99% done. Then we will get a Jeff Passan bomb on Twitter saying Jeff Bezos is finalizing a deal to buy the Twins. 

Why would this be unlikely? Maybe I'm out of touch and things have changed, but isn't the norm the exact opposite and there are lists of interested parties for almost every sale of pro sports teams in every major US sports league? The Marlins sale wasn't 99% done before we started hearing rumors about numerous potential buyers. The Orioles recent sale is the only one I can think of that was kind of a quietly done one that was suddenly just an "oh, by the way, the team is sold." Otherwise, every sale comes with a list of people looking to buy the team. Curious why you think it's unlikely we'll hear anything until the deal is 99% done.

40 minutes ago, chpettit19 said:

Why would this be unlikely? Maybe I'm out of touch and things have changed, but isn't the norm the exact opposite and there are lists of interested parties for almost every sale of pro sports teams in every major US sports league? The Marlins sale wasn't 99% done before we started hearing rumors about numerous potential buyers. The Orioles recent sale is the only one I can think of that was kind of a quietly done one that was suddenly just an "oh, by the way, the team is sold." Otherwise, every sale comes with a list of people looking to buy the team. Curious why you think it's unlikely we'll hear anything until the deal is 99% done.

I agree, the strategy is usually to drum up interest by leaking who OTHER interested parties are.

However, if there was a local buyer, and they were deep into negotiations, then I could see the cloak and dagger angle.

So it probably all depends on this firm that is 'facilitating' the sale. Is this firm made up of underwriters and Title people? If so, then this sale is probably actually getting somewhere in which case they'd play it close to the vest. If these 'facilitators' are actually head-hunters, then they aren't even at square one and the hoopla hasn't even begun yet.

1 minute ago, nicksaviking said:

I agree, the strategy is usually to drum up interest by leaking who OTHER interested parties are.

However, if there was a local buyer, and they were deep into negotiations, then I could see the cloak and dagger angle.

So it probably all depends on this firm that is 'facilitating' the sale. Is this firm made up of underwriters and Title people? If so, then this sale is probably actually getting somewhere in which case they'd play it close to the vest. If these 'facilitators' are actually head-hunters, then they aren't even at square one and the hoopla hasn't even begun yet.

That's my thoughts. Basically, if the Pohlads already had a buyer when they announced they were starting their search and they're really just wrapping things up at this point we aren't going to hear anything other than "we've sold the team," but if they really are just starting the search there will be rumors and a bunch of "so and so is putting together a group to try to buy the Twins." Or at least that's how it's been in the past with basically every other team that's ever sold.