Minnesota Twins Restructure of Front Office is Interesting

After the Minnesota Twins fired longtime general manager Terry Ryan in July, they reportedly told the media they wanted a new person in the position before the end of the season.

That now appears very unlikely with just a few weeks left in the regular season.

Since the firing, the Twins have also hired a firm to assist with the search and have announced they will be restructuring their front office to include a president of baseball operations to oversee the general manager.

The president of baseball operations would hire the next general manager to handle the day-to-day baseball maneuverings. As I understand it, the president of baseball operations would simply oversee the baseball side of the business while team president Dave St. Peter handles the business side of the operation.

When I first heard this, I thought here is another position that is not needed.

You see it quite often in corporations these days. Positions that really don't seem to be necessary and then of course they require more reports from people to justify their jobs. So I examined each of the other Major League teams to see what they are doing and thought I would share it with you.

Indeed the trend is away from the traditional general manager to oversee the team roster moves and trades and also the scouting and other baseball operations. I include the ages of each of the people who are general managers for their team to show you the trend is truly getting younger.

Another interesting note, eight of these guys never played baseball at any level. If part of the job is evaluating talent, I don't know how you do that if you never played the sport.

Here is the list for your information. It includes age and official title.

American League