After firing Rocco Baldelli, Twins seek ‘a new voice and a new direction’

After firing Rocco Baldelli, Twins seek ‘a new voice and a new direction’

On the heels of a dramatic late-season collapse last year, Derek Falvey sat in a room full of reporters and reaffirmed his faith in manager Rocco Baldelli. “Rocco is my manager,” Falvey, now the team’s president of baseball and business operations, said on Sept. 29, 2024. “I believe in his process. I believe in him. I believe in the partnership I have with him.” One year to the day, Falvey delivered the news to Baldelli that the partnership was …