Twins Hire Keith Beauregard as Hitting Coach

He's far from my 1st pick; nothing really screams out to me either way. Shelton, a former hitting coach, I have to trust that he knows what he's doing to revamp the Twins offense. My biggest concerns is with the catching, quality control & bench coach positions. IMO, they need to hit an HR there & do it quickly so they can help to evaluate & resolve the catching problem.

Rumor is that they’d like Rowson as the bench coach. Shelton said he wanted guys with MLB experience and he’s going after that. Like the group so far.

26 minutes ago, Cory Engelhardt said:

I know last year when they signed Borgschulte, I tried connecting dots to have them trade for Ryan Mountcastle. Arguably Ty France was better last year than Mountcastle. Such is life.

So now, I'm NOT going to connect dots and say they should trade for Spencer Torkelson. BUT, I do think Torkelson could be available, and coming to a place with a familiar coach wouldn't be a bad thing.

Anyway, disregard this once they do NOTHING for 1b.

FIFY.

I’m not that impressed with the Twins coaching staff.    Same old s—-.   No wow factor.

Defund Pohlad.

1 hour ago, nicksaviking said:

Can't say I've ever thought of a hitting coach bringing the wow factor. Who's a wow factor hitting coach?

Walt Hriniak was a good one , he's 82 , what's age have to do with it if he can think and walk ...

white Sox in the early 80's

To be honest, this is the first I have heard of this man's name, but I don't keep up with MLB coaches. The first thing that came to my mind was:

"Look at this #+&@);* guy"

He doesn't feel much different from the last couple guys who held the job. Worse, Detroit had some of the same problems in 2025 that the Twins saw. A late season swoon, some youngsters plateauing or sliding back, a couple others showing some steps forward, but in the end not enough offense to go where they wanted to be. Think about how Lewis has stalled since 2024 and then look at Baez or Torkelson over the past three years and tell me he'll help him make changes.

OTOH Beauregard has to be excited about his prospects in 2027 once he's scapegoated in MN and hired by some playoff team.