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More than two months after firing longtime GM Terry Ryan, the Minnesota Twins have announced his replacement.

Indians assistant general manager Derek Falvey has been named Minnesota's new chief baseball officer, the Twins announced Monday morning. He will begin his duties as soon as the AL Central winning Indians' season ends.

"I believe the addition of Derek Falvey to the Minnesota Twins will markedly enhance our organizational excellence and bring championship baseball back to Minnesota," said Twins owner Jim Pohlad in a statement.

Falvey, who is only 33, has spent the last several years working in a variety of roles with the Indians. He was the club's director of baseball operations for five years before taking over as assistant general manager in 2011. Falvey originally joined the Indians as an intern and worked his way up the ladder.

"It's a tremendous honor to have the opportunity to lead the Twins baseball operation. This is a proud, resilient franchise, and I'm eager to return championship-caliber baseball to the Twin Cities," said Falvey in a statement. "We will work diligently and collectively to select and develop top-performers, advance our processes, and nurture a progressive culture that will make fans across Twins Territory proud."

Falvey is highly regarded within baseball and has a strong background in analytics, which is an area the Twins have been sorely lacking in recent years. They're behind the times, simply put. Building a modern analytics department figures to be one of Falvey's immediate priorities.

That said, the best teams blend stats and scouting, and Falvey has a scouting background after working in the Indians' player development system. He pitched at Division III Trinity College before getting his economics degree and beginning his front office career.

"Throughout his baseball journey, Derek has earned a reputation as a talented executive thanks to innovation, collaboration and a relentless pursuit of individual and organizational improvement," said team president Dave St. Peter in a statement. "We believe Derek represents the next generation of dynamic, game-changing MLB leaders. We expect Derek to create positive change directed at restoring our winning tradition."

At 33, Falvey is the second youngest baseball operations head in MLB. Brewers GM David Stearns, who was hired last year, is 30. Rangers GM Jon Daniels became the youngest GM in history when he was hired at age 28 in 2005.

Falvey will run Minnesota's baseball operations department and is expected to hire a GM to work underneath him. This front office structure has become fairly popular around the league in recent years.

The Twins went 59-103 in 2016, which was the worst record in baseball. No other team lost more than 94 games. They've lost at least 92 games five times in the last six years. Minnesota holds the first overall pick in the 2017 draft.