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Baseball Musings
September 13, 2007
Ryan Resigning

According to reports, Twins GM Terry Ryan will resign this afternoon:

The 52-year-old Ryan is resigning after 12 seasons. The Minneapolis Star Tribune, citing three unnamed sources with the team, first reported the story on its Web site. The Twins have called a news conference for Thursday afternoon to announce a "major" reorganization of their baseball operations.

Team spokesman Mike Herman wouldn't discuss details when reached by The Associated Press. ESPN The Magazine's Buster Olney and the AP also are reporting Ryan's decision.

Longtime assistant GM Bill Smith will succeed Ryan, the Star Tribune reported. Smith has been club vice president/assistant GM for the last 13 of his 22 seasons with the organization.

It's not clear if Ryan is being forced out or is leaving of his own accord. I'd be fairly shocked if he were forced out since overall he's done a very good job with the team. Maybe he's had enough of cheap ownership, and with other jobs available, he thinks he can do better elsewhere.


Posted by David Pinto at 01:21 PM | Management | TrackBack (0)
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I suspect he's fed up with the cheapskates.

Here's an hypothesis:

With the Twins out of it, there was a preliminary meeting to discuss the offseason, next season etc., at which the ownership/higher ups told the GM they wouldn't try and resign Santana. And Ryan decided to walk.

Posted by: Yankee Fan in Chicago at September 13, 2007 01:31 PM

That may or may not be what happened to drive Ryan out, but with him gone, the chances of any of the FAs sticking around just became microscopic.

For this team to remain competitive on a Pohlad budget without a guy like Ryan is just not happening, and if I'm Santana or Hunter (or whoever) deciding to stay in Minn or move on, I'm moving on.

Posted by: Mr. Furious at September 13, 2007 03:43 PM

After some time off, is reunification w/MacPhail in his future?

Posted by: John Gibson at September 13, 2007 07:02 PM
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