Former Seattle manager Scott Servais is a candidate to interview for Minnesota’s vacancy, reports La Velle E. Neal III of the Minnesota Star Tribune. Servais will join an extensive list that includes Vance Wilson, Nick Punto, Derek Shelton, James Rowson and Ramón Vázquez in the Twins’ quest to replace Rocco Baldelli.
Servais is the most seasoned managerial option to enter the mix for Minnesota. He spent eight full seasons as the Mariners’ 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 worked as a special assistant for San Diego this past season.
Seattle’s recent division-winning performance under manager Dan Wilson has overshadowed the tenure of Servais, who was at the helm for the team’s return to relevance. 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’t finished higher than third in the division since 2007. Seattle won 90 games in both 2021 and 2022, though that wasn’t enough to challenge Houston for the division crown. The Mariners dispatched Toronto in the Wild Card round in Servais’ lone postseason appearance. The Astros swept them in the ALDS.
Shelton managed the Pirates from 2020 to 2025. He’s the only other candidate with managing experience at the MLB level. Wilson has been Kansas City’s third base coach for the past six seasons. He recently interviewed for San Francisco’s managerial opening. Rowson has been the hitting coach for the Yankees since 2024. Vasquez was one of the first names to appear in Minnesota’s search. He’s served as a bench coach for Boston since 2023.
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’s popped up as a potential target for the Angels.
The Twins are looking for whoever will work for minimum wage. Sad but then there’s the Angels.
By your name I guess you might be a Rangers fan. How about you attack them.
I would like to be excited about who might come and lead the Twins into a new and exciting future.
I’m not sure why you’re being sensitive but I’m not attacking you. The Twins had a good coach and a pretty good team but terrible ownership has put it in the ditch.
Are you blaming the manager for a lack of talent and a sell off?
He can only work with what he’s given. Maybe Derek Falvey is a bum?
Ownership is bleak. Everyone under that level gets paid what they’re worth. Fans get to live with it.
LOL
The Twins can have him. l don’t want that crybaby on my team.
Those are really low rent options.
He’s gone through a rebuild once, would he want to do that again?
Maybe he needs a job?
Exactly! Nobody on this site has ever managed a Major League team, and let’s be honest, most of us would gladly trade our least favorite child, favorite hat, and Netflix password just to manage one game… or even get one at-bat before striking out in spectacular fashion. 😂⚾️ Go Rangers!!! 💙❤️
He has one, so I’m just curious if he would rather manage a rebuild or stay in the front office for a winning org. Perks to both, no doubt, and everyone has their preferences.
Exactly. So listen up Pohlads. I have never forgiven the Twins franchise for the 1987 World Series, but I am willing to manage your ballclub and I guarantee I will undercut all the other candidates on salary.
Big savings, fresh perspective. Call me.
Might be what he does well…
He did it well for us, for sure. His fingerprints are all over this Mariners team still.
Servais looks like a good choice for the Twins. A “players’ manager” by reputation, he could be a good fit to mentor a young, rebuilding team.
He wasn’t that for the M’s and won’t be that for the Twins. Nice guy, not a leader. Dude is an excuse factory that lets the clubhouse take care of itself.
Baldelli to the Angels when they are one of the two teams with the least commitment to analytics? I am going to say no. Bad rumor.
How about current hitting coach and former Orioles hitting coach, Matt Borgschulte. He got the best out of the Orioles players a couple of years ago and their prospects were much better.
Borgschulte- is that the love childe of Swedish tennis pro and hapless prison guard of Hogan’s stalag?
Scott’s a good manager but it will be a long rebuild for the twins, I don’t know if he has any 2021 fun differential left in him
Servais with a smile. Hopefully the weerdas Twins are offering more than minimum wage for a Servais worker
He helped create winning culture in Seattle. 5 straight winning seasons and 2 playoff appearances the past 5 years and that winning will continue.
Baldelli is certainly a big enough loser to compete for the Angels job. Although I’m not sure they have enough players for him to platoon at every position.
Twins need a manager who can nurture and grow young talent, not stagnate it.
So many Manager candidates being recycled over and over again…..
No retreads. Give a new guy a look. It’s not like Minnesota had the talent to contend anyway. What do they have to lose?