Don’t call it a rebuild, Derek Shelton said Tuesday.

The Twins might have traded away 10 of their best, most veteran players at the deadline last July, then plummeted in the American League Central Division standings, but that doesn’t mean it’s a gut job, the new Twins manager said.

“I’m not using the term ‘rebuild,’ ” Shelton said. “People are always going to go to a certain term, but I think we’re going to develop young players, and I think we have good young players. So that’s probably not a word you’re going to hear me say.”

Shelton managed a rebuilding club for four-plus seasons in Pittsburgh, finishing with a 306-440 record, before winning the Twins’ opening after a monthlong search.

With the team stuck in place outside the wild card race after the all-star break, the Twins orche

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