More than a month into the offseason as the Twins patiently waited for the Indians' postseason run to conclude, Minnesota officially hired Derek Falvey as chief baseball officer and Thad Levine as general manager. It marked the dawn of a new era for Twins baseball with a regime that embraces collaboration and analytics, and that will have the No. 1 overall pick in the Draft.
"I like the energy and there is certainly a lot of high baseball IQ there," Twins manager Paul Molitor said. "We're just trying to continue to find ways to get on the same page, how we want to address things in the short term for '17 and how to get to their main goal of long-term competitive, hopefully championship-type baseball.