ORLANDO — Derek Shelton is very familiar with Byron Buxton from the two seasons he spent as the Minnesota Twins’ bench coach.

Since he left Minnesota following the 2019 season to take over as manager of the Pittsburgh Pirates, the two had seen each other from time to time. But the man who walked into the Jacksonville, Florida, restaurant recently to share a meal with the new Twins manager was a much different version of himself.

“When he walked in the restaurant, the presence that he has, like, that’s a superstar,” Shelton said. “I got goosebumps when he walked in because this is a guy, this is a Minnesota Twin, this is what you want to build around and do."

Shelton’s visit with Buxton at a meeting point in between their offseason homes — Buxton’s in Georgia, Shelton’s in Florida — was

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