A long-time Twin, a lifelong Twins fan and the son of one of the Twins’ greatest managers of all time are three of the new coaches on Derek Shelton’s first staff at the helm of the Twins.

The 12-man coaching staff, which features a mix of returning coaches and newcomers, feels like his own, Shelton said Monday as he enthused about how the group came together “better than any group I imagined.”

“It was very encouraging that we highlighted and targeted a group of people and we were damn near spot on,” he said.

Shelton himself is the first manager that the Twins have hired with previous major league managerial experience since Gene Mauch in the mid-70s. Alongside him will be new bench coach Mark Hallberg, who spent the past six seasons on the San Francisco Giants’ coaching staff.

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