Derek Falvey discusses Twins' payroll at GM Meetings

The annual General Managers Meetings, this year taking place in Las Vegas, tend to mark an unofficial kickoff to the Hot Stove season. It’s not so much that deals get done, but the GM Meetings are where clubs begin laying the groundwork for the moves that will come later in the winter.

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For the Twins, some of those moves may come a little more slowly, for a couple of reasons -- filling out a coaching staff, and uncertainty regarding payroll -- but there’s still plenty going on. Derek Falvey, the club’s president of baseball and business operations, addressed reporters on Wednesday afternoon from the meetings.

Here are some takeaways from that session.

Payroll is not set, but Falvey maintains he’s looking to add rather than subtract

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