Twins Reporter Leaves The Athletic Over Coverage Reassignment
Rather than staying at The Athletic, Aaron Gleeman is going independent.
The Athletic ’s Twins beat writer, Aaron Gleeman, has opted to go independent rather than being reassigned at the New York Times -owned sports outlet. Gleeman told Front Office Sports that The Athletic approached him in early April, shortly after the MLB regular season began, and asked him to pivot to a different role where he would be on news-desk shifts covering baseball from a national perspective. He said that he would have been able to continue covering the Twins, but it would have had to work around regular shifts focused on coverage elsewhere.
“I loved being at The Athletic ,” Gleeman said. “I wanted to stay there. It was a dream job but the part of it that was the dream was covering the Twins.
I’m a lifelong Minnesotan and I just decided to take a risk, monetarily-wise, and just say screw it . I’d rather take a risk doing something I’m good at and passionate about than keep a job just to stay there. ” A spokesperson for The Athletic declined to comment.
My big news: I've left The Athletic because they wanted me to stop covering the Twins. I refused to give up my dream, so I'm betting on myself and returning to my independent roots. I need your support to make it work.