Twins part ways with assistant GM Daniel Adler after role was reduced

What happened

The Minnesota Twins and assistant general manager Daniel Adler have agreed to part ways, per Aaron Gleeman of AaronGleeman.com. Charlie Wright of MLB Trade Rumors reported the development. Adler had been with the organization since 2017, working his way from Director of Baseball Operations to an assistant GM role in 2019, then to Vice President in 2021, and ultimately to Executive VP in 2025.

Why it matters

The departure is less a sudden break than the final chapter of a gradual restructuring. Dan Hayes of The Athletic shed additional light on how Adler's role evolved — and contracted — after former team president Derek Falvey departed the organization in January. Falvey had originally hired Adler and, in his final season with the club, elevated him into a hybrid VP role that spanned both baseball and business operations.

When GM Jeremy Zoll stepped into Falvey's position following that January exit, the business-operations portion of Adler's responsibilities moved to new team chairman Tom Pohlad. What remained for Adler was a reduced role on the baseball side. Per Hayes, that is the context in which the parting ultimately came about.

Gleeman notes it is unclear whether Minnesota will move to replace Adler's position. The organization retains three assistant GMs — Alex Hassan, Sean Johnson, and Josh Kalk — so the front office is not without depth, but whether the club intends to backfill the role Adler held remains an open question.

Where the club stands

The front-office change arrives at a difficult moment in the franchise's recent arc. The Twins sit at 75-84 (.472), third in the AL Central and 8 games back in the division, with both the division race and Wild Card race closed for the season. Minnesota has missed the playoffs in three straight seasons — a stretch that stands in contrast to the early years of Adler's tenure, when the Twins reached the postseason in three of his first four seasons, including a 101-win campaign and back-to-back division titles.

The club closes out its home schedule this weekend with a three-game series against the Texas Rangers at Target Field. Joe Ryan is the probable starter Friday against Jacob deGrom, Bailey Ober is lined up for Saturday, and Dean Kremer — who was traded to Minnesota and has posted scoreless starts since joining the team, per earlier reporting — is slated for Sunday.

What we don't know yet

The most consequential open question is whether the Twins will seek a replacement for Adler or redistribute his remaining responsibilities among the existing assistant GM trio. Gleeman reported that point as explicitly unresolved. It is also unclear what, if any, further front-office changes might follow as the organization finishes a third consecutive season outside the playoffs and evaluates its structure heading into the offseason.

Adler's departure also raises a broader question about the shape of the front office under Zoll, who inherited Falvey's seat mid-reorganization. The lines between baseball and business operations were redrawn when Pohlad took on the business side; how the baseball-operations group is ultimately configured beneath Zoll is not yet defined by anything in the reporting.

What to watch

The offseason will clarify whether Minnesota treats the assistant GM vacancy as a position to fill or simply absorbs the workload across its existing staff. Given that the club is already eliminated and playing out the schedule, any announcement on that front is more likely to come after the final out of the regular season than before it. The front-office architecture that Adler was a central part of building — one that produced three playoff appearances and a 101-win season — is now substantially remade, and how Zoll and Pohlad choose to complete that picture will be worth tracking as the winter months approach.