When a team like the Minnesota Twins has the type of success they’ve had this season, other MLB teams are going to take note. While teams can jot down how they take care of their business or maybe tweak a thing here or there, often the best way to replicate a team’s success is by taking one of their important pieces of the equation and making it their own.
Last winter, that’s exactly what the Twins did while trying to replace Paul Molitor. As Molitor represented the old regime and “Twins Way,” Chief Baseball Officer Derek Falvey and General Manager Thad Levine wanted to put their own stamp on it and went to the Tampa Bay Rays organization to tab Rocco Baldelli as their new manager.