Minnesota Twins Can’t Get a Candidate to Interview
The Minnesota Twins have been looking for someone to become their President of Baseball Operations. The problem is, no one is interested in them.
One would imagine that being the first President of Baseball Operations for the Minnesota Twins would be an enticing honor. The chosen candidate would be able to remake the organization in his image, hand selecting those that they feel would be able to turn the Twins fortunes around. For those already working in front offices around the game, it would be a solid promotion and quite the prestigious title.
Nonetheless, the Twins are having difficulty in finding a candidate that is willing to return their interest. Multiple potential candidates, from Alex Anthropoulos to Ben Cherrington to A’s General Manager David Forst have rebuffed their efforts to entice them to Minnesota. The Twins just are not an interesting team for those who could fit what they desire.
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It does make sense as to why those candidates would pass on the Twins offer. Not only would they be in charge of changing the entire organizational philosophy and attempting to rebuild the minors, but they would need to revamp the entire front office structure as well. The Twins insistence on pitchers who pitch to contact, and lack of a real impact prospect aside from Jose Berrios and Byron Buxton, leaves a new regime with little to work with.
Yet, despite the Twins potential rebuild taking years to affect, it would still seem to be a position that would be coveted. After all, people like a challenge, and turning the moribund Twins into a postseason dynamo would be exactly that. And, that chance to remake a team in one’s vision has to be intriguing.
These are also not the tightwad Twins of bygone days. Jim Pohlad may not spend money like a Steinbrenner or the Dodgers ownership, but the Twins payroll is going to be over $100 Million in the next few years. This Pohlad will open the vaults, and if the new man in charge wants a player, he may well have the financial support to get them.
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The Minnesota Twins are finding out that it takes two to tango in regards to their quest for a President of Baseball Operations. Yet, for as barren as the cabinet may be, the job, and the team, have a lot of potential.