Terry Ryan leaves and the blame falls on Carl Pohlad.

Twins GM Terry Ryan is on his way out. Speculation on the internets is running rampant, but the guess here is that he got sick and tired of having to low-ball players because of Carl Pohlad’s cheap ways. At some point it has to get old taking pot-shots from people for not spending money or for shipping players away to other teams because you know you can’t sign them as free agents when they are eligible.

A 2:00 press conference is planned.

Ryan will be missed. Its odd timing for something like this to happen and unless he’s being force out (why would this be the year for that) he’s definitely leaving on his own terms. Rumors are flying that he will stay in the Twins system, but at this point you have to wonder why. The best guess is he will remain with the team in some sort of scouting capacity but again – why not go to a franchise willing to spend money and run a real baseball operation?

Kind of a sad day for Twins fans I think. His assistant, Bill Smith, will take over as GM.