Overview
- The hiring surfaced during the GM Meetings in Las Vegas and was reported by the Star Tribune’s Bobby Nightengale after USA Today’s Bob Nightengale posted the news on X.
- Sizemore served as the White Sox interim manager for the final 45 games of 2024 and was Chicago’s offensive coordinator in 2025.
- He reunites with new Twins manager Derek Shelton, who was Sizemore’s major league hitting coach in Cleveland for five seasons and in Tampa Bay for one.
- Minnesota’s staff overhaul under Shelton retains pitching coach Pete Maki, shifts Ramon Borrego from first to third base, and adds LaTroy Hawkins as bullpen coach, with the bench-coach search ongoing.
- The hire aligns with the Twins’ late-season shift toward aggressiveness on the bases, highlighted by 53 steals over their final 38 games after 48 in the first 96.