Milwaukee Brewers hire former Minnesota Twins GM Thad Levine as special advisor
The Milwaukee Brewers have hired former Minnesota Twins general manager Thad Levine as a special advisor in baseball operations, according to MLB.com's Adam McCalvy.
Levine, 53, served as the Twins' general manager under the leadership of president of baseball operations Derek Falvey for eight seasons before parting ways with the organization during the 2024-25 offseason. The former Twins executive was out of baseball last season while working on a podcast titled Roster to Rings. Levine also previously spent a decade as the Texas Rangers' assistant general manager under Jon Daniels.
While serving as the Twins' general manager, Levine helped the organization win three American League Central titles and reach the postseason four times. He left the Twins after they missed the 2024 playoffs with an 82-80 win-loss record, despite FanGraphs giving them a 95.4% chance at making the postseason on September 5 of that season.
Twins should've tried to re-sign Levine after his contract expired
Although the Brewers have yet to win a World Series, they have been very successful for a mid-market team in recent years, making the postseason seven times since 2018. One has to wonder why the Twins didn't make a greater effort to retain Levine after the 2024 season, given that a highly regarded team, the Brewers, hired him.
Levine left Minnesota after his contract expired, allowing the Twins to cut costs by simply not bringing him back. The former general manager also likely wanted a change of scenery. The fact that Minnesota missed the postseason in 2024 after cutting payroll, despite making the playoffs the year before, could have persuaded him to seek a job elsewhere.
Jeremy Zoll replaced Levine as the Twins' general manager during the 2024-25 offseason after serving as an assistant general manager for five seasons and director of minor league operations for two seasons with the organization. Minnesota also had Derek Falvey take over Dave St. Peter's role as president of business operations while continuing to serve as the president of baseball operations in the same offseason.