Terry Francona
If the Twins decide to buck the MLB trend of hiring younger candidates as manager and decide that an old war horse that has been through the battles is the best choice to guide a playoff-ready roster to postseason success, then it might be worth a call to Terry Francona's cell phone.
The former three-time AL Manager of the Year who guided Cleveland for 11 seasons and has a 1,950-1,672 win-loss record over 23 years as an MLB manager before a health-related retirement after 2023, has reportedly been kicking the tires in regards to a return to the dugout.
In April, ESPN MLB Analyst Tim Kurkjian dropped a nugget that Francona was "going to get healthy" and wanted to return to managing. However, his replacement, the aforementioned Vogt, is succeeding wildly in his rookie season with the Guardians. This means that if the 65-year-old Francona is going to get back in the dugout, it will most assuredly be with a different MLB team.
Francona has a winning pedigree, having guided the Boston Red Sox to two World Series titles — the first, in 2004, ending an 86-year championship drought — as well as an AL pennant with Cleveland in 2016. If he is healthy enough to give it another go, he will add instant credibility to any team he manages.