{"id":110491,"date":"2025-10-21T09:14:21","date_gmt":"2025-10-21T09:14:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=110491"},"modified":"2025-10-21T09:17:21","modified_gmt":"2025-10-21T09:17:21","slug":"110491","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=110491","title":{"rendered":"Rumors: Twins reportedly targeting former Mariners manager Scott Servais for managerial opening"},"content":{"rendered":"<header class=\"entry-header\">\n<h3 class=\"entry-title\">Twins Interested In Scott Servais For Managerial Role<\/h3>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Former Seattle manager Scott Servais is a candidate to interview for Minnesota\u2019s vacancy,\u00a0reports La Velle E. Neal III of the Minnesota Star Tribune. Servais will join an\u00a0extensive list\u00a0that includes Vance Wilson, Nick Punto, Derek Shelton, James Rowson and Ram\u00f3n V\u00e1zquez in the Twins\u2019 quest to replace Rocco Baldelli.<\/p>\n<p>Servais is the most seasoned managerial option to enter the mix for Minnesota.<\/p>\n<p>He spent eight full seasons as the Mariners\u2019 skipper, beginning in 2016. Servais led the club to the postseason in 2022, its first appearance in more than two decades. He was dismissed in August of the 2024 campaign with the team sitting at an underwhelming 64-64. Servais\u00a0worked\u00a0as a special assistant for San Diego this past season.\u00a0Jon Heyman of the New York Post reports\u00a0that Baltimore also has interest in Servais for their managerial opening.<\/p>\n<p>Seattle\u2019s recent division-winning performance under manager Dan Wilson has overshadowed the tenure of Servais, who was at the helm for the team\u2019s return to relevance.<\/p>\n<p>The Mariners had finished below .500 in five of six seasons before Servais came to town. He won 86 games in his debut, good for second in the AL West. The team hadn\u2019t finished higher than third in the division since 2007. Seattle won 90 games in both 2021 and 2022, though that wasn\u2019t enough to challenge Houston for the division crown. The Mariners dispatched Toronto in the Wild Card round in Servais\u2019 lone postseason appearance. The Astros swept them in the ALDS.<\/p>\n<p>Shelton managed the Pirates from 2020 to 2025. He\u2019s the only other candidate with managing experience at the MLB level. Wilson has been Kansas City\u2019s third base coach for the past six seasons.<\/p>\n<p>He recently\u00a0interviewed\u00a0for San Francisco\u2019s managerial opening. Rowson has been the hitting coach for the Yankees since 2024. Vasquez was one of the first names to\u00a0appear\u00a0in Minnesota\u2019s search. He\u2019s served as a bench coach for Boston since 2023.<\/p>\n<p>Baldelli was relieved of his duties after winning just 70 games in 2025. He had been the skipper since 2019. Baldelli has recently expressed interest in managing again, and he\u2019s popped up as a potential target for the Angels.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Twins Interested In Scott Servais For Managerial Role Former Seattle manager Scott Servais is a candidate to interview for Minnesota\u2019s vacancy,\u00a0reports La Velle E. 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