A month after the Minnesota Twins fired manager Rocco Baldelli following the conclusion of a disappointing 92-loss season, the team has finally settled on his replacement: Derek Shelton.

Shelton will become the 15th manager in club history, a source with knowledge of the hiring confirmed. If that name sounds familiar, it’s because Shelton was the Twins bench coach for two seasons, serving under both Paul Molitor and then Baldelli in 2018-19, before getting hired to manage the Pittsburgh Pirates for five-plus seasons. He was fired by Pittsburgh in May and replaced by bench coach Don Kelly.

President of baseball and business operations Derek Falvey is quite familiar with Shelton, 55, who was a finalist in the Twins’ last managerial search before Baldelli was hired. Good friends from their

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