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Levine spent eight years as Twins GM, working under president of baseball operations Derek Falvey. He interviewed to become the head of Boston’s baseball operations last year, only to remove himself from the process before a choice was made. Long well thought of around the game, it’s unlikely that he’ll be a free agent for long, unless maybe he wants a break.

Alex Speier of the Boston Globe has reported that the Red Sox have interviewed at least eight first-round candidates, including Levine, but that they’ve moved on to the second round of their hiring process to find their next head of baseball operations. Speier adds that multiple sources believe Cubs assistant general manager Craig Breslow has made it to the second round. No other candidates are known at this juncture.

The Twins rotation could certainly use some help after the departure of Jose Berrios last season and losing Kenta Maeda to injury. Sonny Gray is the team’s de facto “ace” at the moment with Dylan Bundy, Bailey Ober, Joey Ryan, and Randy Dobnak likely to fill in the rest of the starting five.