Chris Antonetti

Chris Antonetti, Indians president of baseball operations, will be looking for a new assistant general manager if the reports are true that Derek Falvey is close to being hired by the Minnesota Twins.

(Mark Duncan/Associated Press)

DETROIT - Derek Falvey, Indians assistant general manager, according to several reports, is close to being hired by the Twins to run their baseball operations.

There are other reports stating that the Twins are still going through the interview process. Falvey, however, has been mentioned as a strong candidate for several weeks.

Falvey is just completing his first year as assistant general manager for the Indians. He was named to the job on Oct. 6 in a front office shuffle that saw Chris Antonetti promoted to president of baseball operations and Mike Chernoff to general manager.

The 33-year-old Falvey joined the Indians in 2007 as an intern in the baseball operations department. In his first three years with the team he spent time helping the amateur and international scouting departments before being named assistant director of baseball operations in 2011.

After a year in that role, he was promoted to director of baseball operations.

For the last two years, Falvey has made several trips with the Indians during the season, serving as a liaison between manager Terry Francona and the coaching staff, while helping with scouting reports. In his role as assistant general manager, he works closely with Antonetti and Chernoff in all areas of the baseball operations department including financial, statistical, player contracts and player procurement and development.

The Twins fired Terry Ryan, their longtime general manager, in July. Rob Anthony took over on an interim basis.

Near the end of the 2015 season, Mark Shapiro, Indians president, left the team top take control of the Toronto Blue Jays. Farm Director Ross Atkins left with him and was named Toronto GM.