MINNEAPOLIS— The Minnesota Twins will promote Derek Falvey to president of baseball and business operations and Jeremy Zoll to general manager as part of a front office succession plan initiated by current club president Dave St. Peter’s move to the role of strategic advisor.
The Twins announced their executive leadership changes on Tuesday. The transition will take place in the first quarter of 2025, as approved by owners Jim Pohlad and Joe Pohlad. The Pohlad family announced last month that it is exploring a sale of the franchise that Carl Pohlad, Jim Pohlad’s father and Joe Pohlad’s grandfather, bought in 1984.
St. Peter, who joined the organization as an intern in 1990, was named the club’s fourth president after the 2002 season and added the title of CEO in 2016. St. Peter was instrumental in helping the Twins secure public funding for Target Field and established the outdoor ballpark as the centerpiece of the North Loop neighborhood on the western edge of downtown since it opened in 2010. The Twins won during won Baseball America’s Organization of the Year award twice during his time as president.
St. Peter was also instrumental in moving Twins broadcasts from their regional sports network to an MLB-controlled streaming platform for next year in the wake of the Diamond Sports Group bankruptcy that has disrupted operating budgets and fan connections for several teams . In his new advisory role, 57-year-old St. Peter will help take the lead Pohlad family through the sales research process.
“He leads with integrity, compassion and an unparalleled commitment to our organization and fans,” Joe Pohlad said in a statement distributed by the Twins. “I will always admire Dave’s dedication to doing right by the Twins.”
This front office shuffle was in the works before the Pohlads decided to put the team on the market, St. Peter said. The 41-year-old Falvey has led the baseball department for the past eight seasons and five years ago added the title of President of Baseball Operations. He will now also be responsible for business operations.
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“I feel really convinced that Derek is the right successor, and I want to support him in every way possible and hopefully make him successful in the long term,” St. Peter told reporters. “This step is important because, I hope, it signals to the wider organization and to our partners that there is stability and continuity.”
Zoll, 34, has been an assistant general manager for the Twins since 2020 after beginning his tenure with the organization in 2018 as director of minor league operations. In collaboration with team doctor Dr. Christopher Camp, Zoll has overseen all aspects of the Twins. player performance, from biomechanics to nutrition and mental health. He has also overseen the player development system.
Zoll, who will be the seventh general manager in Twins history, has previously worked for four Major League organizations since beginning his career in 2011. He was assistant director of player development for the Los Angeles Dodgers when he was hired by the Twins. Zoll fills the vacancy created by the departure of general manager Thad Levine, which was announced after the season.
Regardless of the changes on the business side, Falvey, Zoll and the rest of the front office were already faced with the challenge of reviving a team that collapsed with 18 defeats in the last 24 games to miss the playoffs after winning the AL Central in 2023 and ending a record 18-game postseason losing streak. The Twins have won three division titles in eight years under Falvey, but they have not won or reached the World Series since 1991 nor have they appeared in the AL Championship Series since 2002. That season was the first of six AL Central crowns in a nine-year span, before a rough stretch that preceded Falvey’s arrival.
“Probably my biggest regret is that we didn’t do more damage in the postseason because we had some really good teams and some really good players,” St. Peter said. “I’m really proud of the fact that we were able to compete.”
