I've said this before, I didn't agree with the way they cut payroll. But Falvey was not a low level employee. He had to know some of the business headwinds they might be facing, He seemed to always seem to want that big contract just like he did with Donaldson. This is not the way the Twins had ever operated, so he took a gamble and tried to go big rather than operate within the constraints of the market and historical operating practices and he lost.
It might have worked if he could have developed players better to fit in around Correa but he didn't.
And I noticed, you conveniently didn't mention Cleveland who has operated with limited resources and act accordingly. It's easy to blame ownership, but I look at the people making the day to day decisions and Falvey failed this organization.