MINNEAPOLIS (AP) The takeover of the Minnesota Twins by new chief baseball officer Derek Falvey has been a slow churn over the past six months.
With Falvey in the captain’s chair for the first time during the first-year player draft, the first bold move was finally made.
Royce Lewis, a high school shortstop, with the first overall pick became the first franchise-caliber player acquired by the organization since Falvey and general manager Thad Levine assumed control of the baseball operations last fall. This Southern California kid with the fast feet, soft glove and budding bat , fair or not, will be forever linked with the Falvey-Levine era in Twins history.