Wichita Wind Surge To Serve As Double-A Affiliate To Minnesota Twins
The Wichita Wind Surge have been invited to be the Double-A affiliate for the Minnesota Twins.
If the MLB’s reorganization of the minor leagues is completed as expected next month, the Wind Surge will serve as the Twin’s Double-A affiliate for the next 10 years.
Ramon Borrego will serve as the Wind Surge manager. He will be joined by hitting coach Ryan Smith, pitching coaches Virgil Vasquez and Luis Ramirez, catching coach Joe Mangiameli, strength and conditioning coach Travis Koon, and athletic trainer Chris McNeely.
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MINNEAPOLIS The Twins announced their Minor League coaching staffs for the 2021 season on Tuesday, highlighted by the return of a Gardenhire to a managerial post in the Twin Cities, with Toby Gardenhire son of longtime Twins manager Ron assuming the reins for the new Triple-A affiliate in St. Paul.
Gardenhire will reprise his role as Triple-A manager after he was elevated to the post for the canceled 2020 season, while Ramon Borrego will also return as Double-A manager for the new Wichita affiliate. Former Twins player Brian Dinkelman will still be the manager in Cedar Rapids now the Class A Advanced affiliate and Aaron Sutton will again be lined up to make his debut as a professional manager with Class A Fort Myers.
January 19th, 2021
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MINNEAPOLIS-ST. PAUL, MN – The Minnesota Twins today announced minor league managerial and coaching assignments for the 2021 season. For the second consecutive year, all six affiliates will have two pitching coaches, one of whom is bilingual (English & Spanish), while the top three levels employ five-person coaching staffs.
Triple-A St. Paul Saints
Toby Gardenhire makes his Triple-A managerial debut with the St. Paul Saints, after guiding the Twins’ two Single-A affiliates to a combined 151-121 (.555) mark from 2018-19.
Matt Borgschulte will be the Saints’ hitting coach, after serving in the same capacity for Single-A Ft. Myers in 2019 and the GCL Twins in 2018.