Does the collapse of the Twins' pitching staff wreck any 'reload' hopes for 2022?
Following a 2016 season in which the Twins lost a franchise-record 103 games and had MLB s worst pitching staff, longtime general manager Terry Ryan was fired and Derek Falvey was hired to lead the front office. Falvey spent a decade in Cleveland, where he rose to assistant general manager and was credited with an essential role in the building of their consistently excellent pitching staff.In each of Falveys first two seasons at the helm the Twins ranked No. 9 in runs allowed among American League teams, a sizable improvement but well short of any goal. Falvey fired manager Paul Molitor after the 2018 season and replaced him with Rocco Baldelli. Several coaches on Molitors staff were retained, but pitching coach Garvin Alston, hired the previous offseason, was let go.