Minnesota Twins 2018 minor league staff assignments
By Nate Palmer
Elizabethton Twins
Manager: Ray Smith
Hitting Coach: Jeff Reed
Pitching Coach: Luis Ramirez
Coach: Takashi Miyoshi
While every one of the other minor league squads has had quite the shakeup to their staffs, the Rookie-ball Elizabethton Twins will be returning many of the same coaches. Ray Smith enters his 25th season with the E-Twins. Jeff Reed has been with him for what will 17 of those 25 seasons with the E-Twins. Luis Ramirez enters his 4th season with the team while Takashi Miyoshi becomes the lone new member of the staff.
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GCL Twins
Manager: Dan Ramsay
Hitting Coach: Luis Rodriguez
Hitting Coach: Matt Borgschulte
Pitching Coach: Virgil Vasquez
Dan Ramsay steps in to take Borrego’s place as manager with the GCL Twins. Ramsay comes to the Twins organization for Whitworth University where he has coached for the past nine years. Virgil Vasquez has been around the Twins minor leagues for a while and will start his 4th season as pitching coach of the GCL Twins. Twins fans likely recognize the name Luis Rodriguez who was an infielder with the Twins from 2005-2007 and hit .243/.311/.339 over that time frame. He will serve as the hitting coach with the GCL Twins alongside Matt Borgschulte.
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Minor League Coordinators
Edgar Varela-Minor League Field Coordinator
Bob McClure-Senior Pitching Advisor
Rick Eckstein-Minor League Hitting Coordinator
Sam Perlozzo-Minor League Infield/Baserunning Coordinator
Pete Maki-Minor League Pitching Coordinator
J.P. Swanson-Minor League Assistant Pitching Coordinator
Tanner Swanson-Minor League Catching Coordinator
Mike Quade-Minor League Outfield Coordinator
Chad Jackson-Minor League Rehab Coordinator
Two interesting names out of this list are Bob McClure and Pete Maki. McClure joins the Twins after serving many seasons as a major league pitching coach. Most recently McClure was with the Phillies and is also a former teammate of Twins manager Paul Molitor. Maki comes to the Twins from Duke where he has coached for the past two seasons as their pitching coach. He will be taking over Eric Rasmussen‘s position after he was let go by the Twins this offseason.