PHILADELPHIA — As the season nears it end, Twins manager Rocco Baldelli has no interest in talking about his future. Baldelli has led the Twins for the past seven seasons, but the team has now missed the playoffs in four of its past five seasons and questions have arisen about his job status.

The Athletic reported in June that the Twins had picked up Baldelli’s contract option for next season, though neither the team nor Baldelli commented on that publicly.

“I haven’t heard anything, and even if I did, I wouldn’t have much to say about it right now because I have a job to do right now and it has nothing to do with me talking about myself,” Baldelli said. “Because me talking about that would be just a distraction and I don’t like distractions.”

But the manager will admit that this season

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