Derek Falvey had been with the Twins since October 2016, when he was named the team’s head of baseball operations. David Berding/Getty Images
Derek Falvey is out as Minnesota Twins president after the sides “mutually agreed to part ways,” the team announced Friday morning.
“Over the past several weeks, Derek and I had thoughtful and candid conversations about leadership, structure, and the future of the club,” executive chair Tom Pohlad said in a statement. “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.”
Named team president in March 2025, the move ends a tenure that began when Falvey was named the team’s head of baseball operations in 2016. After making the postseason in 2017, 2019. and 2020, but failing to win a game, the Twins swept the Toronto Blue Jays in the 2023 AL Wild Card Series. But the good times would be short-lived, with the Twins slashing their budget in 2024 and trading 10 players ahead of the deadline last July, all while ownership explored selling the franchise but settled on a partial transaction.
“Following a series of thoughtful conversations with Tom that began after the ownership transition and progressed over the past few weeks, we both agreed this was the right time for us to part ways,” Falvey said in the team’s statement.
“Ownership transitions naturally create moments for reflection and honest dialogue about leadership, vision, and how an organization wants to move forward. Over the past several weeks we had those conversations openly and constructively and ultimately reached a shared understanding that this was the right step both for the organization and for me personally.”
The Twins said general manager Jeremy Zoll would continue to lead the team’s baseball side while Tom Pohlad will handle oversight of the business side on an interim basis.
This story will be updated.