Welcome to my new writing home: AaronGleeman.com.
Many of you have been here before, but it's probably been a while. I’m excited to share everything I have planned here this time around — and it's a lot — but first a little background and behind-the-scenes stuff.
I’ve made the difficult decision to leave The Athletic after seven great years. They wanted me to stay, but change roles and stop writing about the Twins, so instead I’m taking a huge, scary risk by going all-in betting on myself and returning to my independent roots.
Covering the Twins for The Athletic was my dream job, in many ways. But what I learned is that the “covering the Twins” part is what made that true. And any job that wants to pull me away from covering the Twins, and scale back their overall coverage of the team, ceases being my dream job.
So now I’m choosing to write about the Twins here, with the same in-depth and unfiltered approach that I’ve always taken, going all the way back to the summer of 2002 and the original AG.com. And, crucially, with the same level of access to the team that I had at The Athletic.
I’ll still be going to games. I’ll still be talking to Twins players and officials. I’ll still be analyzing the team, on and off the field, with the same critical eye and desire to share what I see, hear, and think. Except now I’ll be doing all of that to directly serve the people who choose to support my work here.
Twins coverage has unfortunately been shrinking almost everywhere and I fear, given my experience at The Athletic and the current sports media landscape, it's only going to get worse. But not here. And not with me. I have never been more motivated to do this job and do it well.
And that’s where I’m hoping you come in. This move is a huge professional risk, with equally big personal stakes for me. I’m committed to making this a success, but it can’t happen without your support. Let’s do this together. Let's prove them wrong about the audience that exists for quality Twins coverage. Again.
If you enjoy my Twins coverage and you want to help me continue my dream job writing about them, please consider signing up for a monthly ($8) or annual ($75, a 22 percent discount) subscription. My promise is that you will get your money’s worth and then some. That’s not something I take lightly.
Take a look around the new place. Read the three articles I’ve already published. I’ll have more tomorrow. And the next day. And hopefully for a very long time to come. Subscribers can read the stories here, in a traditional format, and/or get them delivered via email as a newsletter.
You’ll receive my year-round Twins writing, including day-to-day thoughts and clubhouse tidbits, in-depth and unfiltered analysis and reporting, minor-league coverage and top prospect rankings, reactions to trades and signings, interviews, live chats, mailbags, and so much more. I'm even bringing back Link-O-Rama.
With independence comes creative freedom, and I plan to use it and the endless possibilities. If you liked reading me at The Athletic, you're going to love reading me here. No more having to treat the Twins as an afterthought. No more having corporate middlemen between us. I write for you.
I refused to give up my dream. Help me make it reality here. Welcome.
Let's do this together. Support my independent writing with a subscription to AaronGleeman.com and get my year-round, in-depth, unfiltered Twins coverage, plus so much more.
