MINNEAPOLIS — The Minnesota Twins and president of baseball and business operations Derek Falvey have mutually decided to part ways, the club announced Friday.
The 42-year-old Falvey spent nine seasons with the Twins, hired to run the baseball department in October 2016 and elevated a year ago to oversee the business side as well. The Twins made the postseason four times during Falvey’s tenure, winning three division titles, but the two years since their last one have been rocky for the organization on and off the field. The team finished 70-92 in 2025.
Executive vice president and general manager Jeremy Zoll will remain in his role in oversight of the baseball department and report to executive chair Tom Pohlad, who will assume interim oversight of the business operations and immediately direct the search for a replacement.
“There is going to be a desire to find the story behind this story and I’ll say this: Sometimes things just run its course,” Pohlad said. “There doesn’t have to be anything wrong with that or salacious behind that…Its just time for both of us, both professionally and personally, and this organization, to move forward.”
The departure of Falvey is the latest move by Pohlad to try to reset the direction of the franchise after replacing his younger brother last month as the lead owner. Pohlad praised Falvey’s “transformational” leadership in modernizing the baseball operations.
“Over the past several weeks, Derek and I had thoughtful and candid conversations about leadership, structure, and the future of the club. We reached a shared understanding that the needs of the organization are evolving and that a leadership transition is the best way to move forward,” Pohlad said.
Falvey said he’s looking forward to spending time with his family before figuring out what’s next for his career. He was a scout and executive with Cleveland before coming to Minnesota.
“Sometimes it’s just a feel that you get where both sides sit there and say ‘Is this the right match moving forward?'” Falvey said.
“I’ll always regret not doing more and not finding us a way to win more. That will hang with me for too long because when you don’t achieve what you think the group is capable of, it just beats you up.”
Pohlad was asked if a team who has cut payroll and is going through a reset in the front office expects to be competitive in 2026.
“We will be competitive in 2026,” he said. “I expect that.”
ESPN’s Jesse Rogers and The Associated Press contributed to this report
