Twins New Manager: Rocco Baldelli

[UnFadeable21]

Sources tell @Fox9Sports that the #mntwins⁠ ⁠ will hire Rocco Baldelli as their new manager tomorrow afternoon at a press conference at Target Field.

[Qman65]

Link?

[RubeTube]

I can't complain. At least they finally went outside of this crap ass organization for once in my life.

Hopefully Rocco wipes his ass with the "Twins Way"

Would of liked to see a minority hire here as I think it's long overdue but I'm ok with this.

[feekdogg]

The guy comes from Rhode Island with the most Italian name ever. If he doesn't have mob ties, I'll eat my hat.

[Miley Cyrus]

One of my childhood heroes.

[Small Hands]

The Twins skipper is younger then me. My knees just buckled. I'm getting old.


Here's to a new era

[weimy froob]

Sources tell @Fox9Sports that the #mntwins⁠ ⁠ will hire Rocco Baldelli as their new manager tomorrow afternoon at a press conference at Target Field.

doogie nailed it.

[RALPH MALPH]

According to LaVelle E. Neal III of the Minneapolis Star-Tribune, the Twins will announce Rocco Baldelli as their new manager.

Twins bench coach Derek Shelton and Cubs bench coach Brandon Hyde were believed to be the other two finalists to replace Paul Molitor, who was let go after the conclusion of the 2018 regular season. Twins hitting coach James Rowson also interviewed for the job at some point. Baldelli, 37, served as the Rays' field coordinator and first base coach this past season, after spending four years in the team's front office. He spent parts of seven seasons as an active player in the major leagues before getting diagnosed with a rare mitochondrial deficiency. Baldelli was also a candidate for the managerial openings in Toronto and Texas.
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Source: Minneapolis Star-Tribune

[Tommy_Hawk]

Rocco Baldelli- We GOT HIM!

[Herky]

The Twins skipper is younger then me. My knees just buckled. I'm getting old.


Here's to a new era

Jesus he was drafted in 2000. Guy could still be playing today.

[weimy froob]

Seven things to know about new Twins manager Rocco Baldelli

What do you need to know about new Twins manager Rocco Baldelli? Here are the quick highlights.

Baldelli was born Sept. 25, 1981 in Woonsocket, Rhode Island. At age 37, he is one year older than Tom Kelly was when he replaced Ray Miller as manager in 1986.

Picked sixth overall in the 2000 draft, Baldelli turned down a scholarship to Wake Forest to sign with the Rays.

His MLB debut came in 2003 when Baldelli started in center field for a Tampa Bay team that also had rookie Carl Crawford in left field. Baldelli batted .289 with 11 home runs and 27 stolen bases.

Baldelli was sidelined for a season-and-a-half when he injured his ACL in 2005 while playing baseball with his brother and then hurt his elbow while in rehab. He didn't return until midway through the 2006 season. Baldelli batted .302 with 16 homers in 92 games.

A muscular disorder limited Baldelli to 135 games over the next four seasons with Tampa Bay, Boston and Toronto. He was eventually diagnosed with Mitochondrial Channelopathy, which causes severe muscle fatigue.

After retiring as a player in 2010, Baldelli held a variety of positions in the Rays' organization. He was most recently the major league field coordinator, which entailed analyzing the tendencies of opposing teams.

In 2004, Baldelli was inducted into the Rhode island Italian-American Hall of Fame.

[Mandatory]

Presser now.. already sucking up.

[DC4MVP]

Is he one of those managers that will shift on every at-bat and do the "opener" bullshit?

[Mandatory]

Is he one of those managers that will shift on every at-bat and do the "opener" bullshit?

Yep.. 100%

[DC4MVP]

Is he one of those managers that will shift on every at-bat and do the "opener" bullshit?

Yep.. 100%

Go Brewers....

[A Kickass Offense]

Is he one of those managers that will shift on every at-bat and do the "opener" bullshit?

Yep.. 100%

Go Brewers....

LULZ! MIght want to pick a team other than the Brewers then. They're as guilty of that shit as anybody. They pulled a starting pitcher after throwing to 1 hitter in the NLCS.

[DC4MVP]

Yep.. 100%

Go Brewers....

LULZ! MIght want to pick a team other than the Brewers then. They're as guilty of that shit as anybody. They pulled a starting pitcher after throwing to 1 hitter in the NLCS.

Go.....SAINTS!

[Jimtown guy]

Cool name anyways

[UnFadeable21]

[RubeTube]

It will be the same shit though. Doesn't matter who the GM or Manager is here. The Pohlads need to give them the resources.

[ForCaleb]

Youngest manager in MLB. I like it.

His response to Marney's questions seems like he wants a lot of input from players. Hopefully he can find a balance as to not be too much of a softee and get run over by the players, but not to be a hard ass.

Molitor, Mauer and Dozier gone. This is a new era in Twins baseball.

[Ask Not]

Falvine found a guy who will allow them to manage from the front office. Congratulations to all.

[bubu dubu.]

It will be the same shit though. Doesn't matter who the GM or Manager is here. The Pohlads need to give them the resources.

Yep. That's kind of why I'm on board with the analytics approach. Teams like the Twins need to find any advantage they can, if they find something in the numbers that works to their advantage, great! Unfortunately, even teams with the analytical approach need some help getting and keeping players that are good at what they do.

[Hornets]

Looks like Corey Koskie, wouldn't you type?

[DC4MVP]

It will be the same shit though. Doesn't matter who the GM or Manager is here. The Pohlads need to give them the resources.

Yep. That's kind of why I'm on board with the analytics approach. Teams like the Twins need to find any advantage they can, if they find something in the numbers that works to their advantage, great! Unfortunately, even teams with the analytical approach need some help getting and keeping players that are good at what they do.

Legit question....not running down analytics and I think they're useful but not the end-all/be-all of sports

But has an analytics heavy team (Oakland for example) ever won a World Series?

It seems that analytics only gets you so far in a season before you need the high dollar players to take you the rest of the way.

In other words, we're going to need A LOT more than just shifting well, bunting in the right spots, going for high OBP guys, and having good "openers," right?

[Ron Burgundy 4 President]

Part of me wonders what separated him from the others was the fact that he was a highly touted prospect that failed very early in his career before turning himself into a pretty good player. In other words, he knows exactly what Buxton and Sano are going through professionally speaking and hopefully knows what buttons to push and not to push to fix them. On a related note, I'm glad they went outside the organization with this one. The hiring from within nonsense had gone on long enough and wasn't working.

[bubu dubu.]

It will be the same shit though. Doesn't matter who the GM or Manager is here. The Pohlads need to give them the resources.

Yep. That's kind of why I'm on board with the analytics approach. Teams like the Twins need to find any advantage they can, if they find something in the numbers that works to their advantage, great! Unfortunately, even teams with the analytical approach need some help getting and keeping players that are good at what they do.

Legit question....not running down analytics and I think they're useful but not the end-all/be-all of sports

But has an analytics heavy team (Oakland for example) ever won a World Series?

It seems that analytics only gets you so far in a season before you need the high dollar players to take you the rest of the way.

In other words, we're going to need A LOT more than just shifting well, bunting in the right spots, going for high OBP guys, and having good "openers," right?

Astros, Indians.

The big spenders are also getting heavy into analytics now. Boston arguably uses them more than any other team. Yankees are on board with them now. Dodgers are on board. Cubs have been there for awhile.

[flexbuffchest]

Know nothing about him. Hope he works out.

[Ron Burgundy 4 President]

Know nothing about him. Hope he works out.

He was actually a pretty good player before some sort of obscure muscular disease derailed his career before he was even 30.

[Mandatory]

Falvine found a guy who will allow them to manage from the front office. Congratulations to all.

He said something about this during his press conference that didn't sit well with me. Something like, he's open to input or something.. presumably from the Front Office.