A funny thing happened when Jim Pohlad hired Chief Baseball Officer Derek Falvey and GM Thad Levine during last off-season. Pohlad ended any speculation by announcing that Paul Molitor would return to finish the third year of his contract as manager of the Twins.
It seemed unusual to me at the time because that's sorta, you know, what the GM and Chief Baseball Officer should be deciding. It might be safe to say that Falvey and Levine were on board with this though as it gave them a year to evaluate the staff. That didn't stop them from replacing a number of coaches, including bringing in hitting coach James Rowson. Rowson deserves some credit for a season where the Twins were 4th in the AL in runs scored.
