Derek Falvey is one of many baseball executives to blossom from the Mark Shapiro tree, spending nine seasons with the Cleveland Indians before taking over as the Minnesota Twins chief baseball officer in November 2016. u5:p
Falvey was tasked with the turnaround of a 103-loss Twins team, promptly guiding Minnesota to an American League Wild Card berth during his first year at the helm. u5:p
MLB.com's Mark Feinsand recently sat down with Falvey to discuss his start in the Cape Cod League, what he learned from Shapiro, his memories of facing Shapiro's Blue Jays team with the Indians during the 2016 postseason and much more.

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