Twins manager Rocco Baldelli is under contract through next season, but Minnesota still may move on from its long-tenured manager. Baldelli, who became the Twins' manager in the 2018-19 offseason, will merely be the scapegoat if he gets fired. ESPN writer Buster Olney names 2 familiar faces as potential Rocco Baldelli replacements for the TwinsOlney named two former Twins coaches, Derek Shelton and James Rowson, as potential managerial candidates for the Twins if Baldelli gets fired. He started his coaching career with the Los Angeles Angels as a minor league hitting coach (2002-05) before becoming the Yankees' minor league hitting coordinator from 2005-11. He was then named as the Detroit Tigers' assistant hitting coach in 2023 before rejoining the Yankees as the hitting coach in 2024.