Inward focus keeps Twins busy at Meetings

NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — With chief baseball officer Derek Falvey and general manager Thad Levine still getting to know their new organization, the Twins have focused more internally than externally in the first two days of the Winter Meetings.

Falvey and Levine have spent most of their time in meetings, learning more about their roster after talking with their scouts, the agents of their current players and other teams to see how the Twins’ players are valued. They both met with second baseman Brian Dozier late Monday night and were impressed with his passion and desire to remain in Minnesota.

“I think when you look at a player like Brian Dozier, and you see the performance he had on the field jump off the page, but then you hear the convictions and passions behind it and that’s when you realize he’s a championship-caliber player,” Levine said. “The messages he conveyed gave us a much better sense of his character. When you hear a conviction message like that, you’re willing to bet on them, and that does factor into the evaluation.”

The Twins, though, continue to listen in on Dozier and have other trade pieces such as right-hander Ervin Santana, …

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