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Last year, the Twins won the American League Central Division. This year, they finished last.

Chatting with Jim Pohlad last week, I asked the Twins’ owner to grade his top two baseball operation executives, Derek Falvey and Thad Levine, and manager Rocco Baldelli on this season’s performances.

“I’d grade them all A-plus,” Pohlad said.

“For sure. I mean, I’m 100 percent on that with them.” Pohlad emphasized their effort.

“Derek and Thad and their group, they tried things,” he said.

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“Some relievers didn’t click in the middle of the season, but they tried.”

The Twins tried 59 players this season. Entering the year, Pohlad had high expectations for his club.

“We expected to (compete) and wanted to — we’re really disappointed we didn’t do either of those,” he said.

What happened?

The season was a shocker to a lot of fans.

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