The Twins have selected a brand new supervisor, hiring ex-Pirates skipper Derek Shelton for the place, in accordance with a number of studies.
Shelton bought the job after Minnesota narrowed its candidates right down to a four-man group that additionally included James Rowson. The Yankees’ hitting coach interviewed for the job shortly after the Bombers had been eradicated from the ALDS.
Rowson, who oversaw baseball’s finest common season offense this yr, was the Twins’ hitting coach from 2017-2019. Minnesota’s 2019 membership set an MLB report with 307 dwelling runs, which the Braves tied in 2023.
As soon as a Yankees and Mariners farmhand, Rowson has additionally held hitting-related jobs with the Tigers, Cubs and Angels. He spent three years because the Marlins’ bench coach underneath Yankee nice Don Mattingly from 2020-2022.
A Mount Vernon, New York native who went to highschool within the Bronx, Rowson served two teaching stints with the Yankees group earlier than becoming a member of Aaron Boone’s workers for the 2024 season. He was the Yankees’ minor league hitting coordinator from 2008-2011 and from 2014-2016. He additionally labored because the hitting coach for Single-A Tampa from 2006-2007.
Shelton, in the meantime, was the Twins’ bench coach from 2018-2019. He was a finalist for his or her managerial search in 2018, however the job went to Rocco Baldelli, who was fired on Sept. 29.
Shelton went on to handle the Pirates in 2020. He was fired from that place in Might after going 306-440.
Cubs bench coach Ryan Flaherty and former Mariners supervisor Scott Servais had been additionally among the many finalists for Minnesota’s managerial emptiness.
