MINNEAPOLIS — The Minnesota Twins have hired former pitcher LaTroy Hawkins as their bullpen coach on the staff under new manager Derek Shelton.

After working as a special assistant to the baseball operations department over the last nine seasons and taking some turns as an analyst on Twins television broadcasts, Hawkins accepted his first coaching assignment. He spent nine of his 21 years with the Twins, culminating with a setup reliever role on the AL Central champion teams in 2002 and 2003. Hawkins is 10th on baseball’s all-time list with 1,042 pitching appearances and one of 13 relievers in history to record a save against all 30 current major league teams.

The Twins finalized their roster of 11 major league assistants on Friday, retaining pitching coach Pete Maki, assistant pitching

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