Overview
- Minnesota announced the hire Thursday and scheduled an introductory news conference for Tuesday.
- Derek Shelton, 55, compiled a 306-440 record with the Pirates and was fired May 8 after a 12-26 start.
- He returns to Minneapolis after serving as the Twins’ bench coach in 2018 and 2019.
- Contract terms were not disclosed, though multiple reports indicate the deal is expected to be multi-year.
- The decision comes after a 70-92 season in which the Twins traded 10 players and cut roughly $26–30 million from payroll, drawing public and media skepticism of the hire.