Minnesota Twins Hire Derek Falvey After Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Season

MINNEAPOLIS, MN — The Minnesota Twins set a franchise record this year by losing 103 games during the course of the 2016 season.

The Twins had the worst record in the league this year, and also had the worst franchise record since the Washington Senators relocated to Minnesota and became the Twins in 1961.

In 1982, the Twins went 60-102, winning one more game than this year's team.

According to Twins Daily, the Twins trailed in 139 of their 162 games this year, which means in 86 percent of the games they played this season, Minnesota was losing at some point.

After the season officially concluded Sunday, the Twins announced the hiring of Derek Falvey to be executive vice president and chief baseball officer on Monday.

Falvey, 33, was the Cleveland Indians' assistant general manager for the past year, and has been with the team since 2007.

"I believe the addition of Derek Falvey to the Minnesota Twins will markedly enhance our organizational excellence and bring championship baseball back to Minnesota," Twins owner Jim Pohlad said in a statement.

"It's a tremendous honor to have the opportunity to lead the Twins baseball operation," Falvey said.

"This is a proud, resilient franchise, and I'm eager to return championship-caliber baseball to the Twin Cities. We will work diligently and collectively to select and develop top performers, advance our processes, and nurture a progressive culture that will make fans across Twins Territory proud."

Falvey replaces longtime Twins general manager Terry Ryan, who was fired in July. Ryan, 62, was Minnesota's GM from 1994-2007 and again from 2011 until 2016.

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