Baldelli

Rocco Baldelli named manager of TwinsThough Rocco Baldelli's time as a player was cut short by physical ailments, his career in baseball was only beginning to take off.

As strikeouts pile up again, Baldelli wants less reliance on home runsDespite winning two of three games from the Pirates, the Twins struck out 42 times and are on pace to break a major league record in that category.

Baldelli said bench coach Jayce Tingler encouraged the idea concerning a player who had been 3-for-26 at the plate in May, with 11 strikeouts and no home runs.

Baldelli was ejected in the second inning of the Twins’ 4-1 win over the Detroit Tigers on Friday night.

Buxton won't be in the starting lineup for Sunday's road-trip finale, Baldelli said, and "we'll see what the coming days look like.

It's not by accident he pitches deep into a lot of ballgames," Twins manager Rocco Baldelli said of Rodriguez, who is 4-0 with a 3.03 ERA since the All-Star break.

I wouldn't expect him to be," Baldelli said.

Maeda will not go on the injured list, Baldelli said, but is simply being skipped after reporting some "general fatigue" afflicting him in Monday's six innings of work against the White Sox.

Shelton laughed uproariously when Baldelli's words were conveyed to him.

Some of it was our doing, some was just bad luck,” Twins manager Rocco Baldelli said.

Twins manager Rocco Baldelli made and remade his lineup card more than once Saturday before his team's 11-1 victory over the Cubs at Target Field.

Twins starter Joe Ryan could have started the third inning, and manager Rocco Baldelli could have let him go until he got in trouble.

It is the big leagues, and every play matters," Baldelli said of the mishandled bunt, which Okert inadvertently touched while it was in fair territory.

Baldelli also is still working on how he will align his potent batters, specifically where to insert third baseman Josh Donaldson, who hit 37 homers and drove in 94 runs last season with Atlanta.

Baldelli on Friday decided to rest shortstop Jorge Polanco, who had appeared in every game until that point.

Baldelli said Arraez is not expected to land on the injured list, but the injury will need to be managed.

Baldelli said Max Kepler (adductor strain) is still on track to return either when his 10 days are up or very shortly after.

Baldelli said the Twins’ medical team had a “pretty extensive,” call with MLB officials on Wednesday to discuss the topic.

Bell, manager Rocco Baldelli's new right-hand man, will slot into the vacant bench coach position that has been open since late November when Derek Shelton was hired to manage the Pittsburgh Pirates.

He’s a guy that’s been around, experienced a lot and he just went out there and worked and followed a plan as closely as you could do,” manager Rocco Baldelli said.