Derek Shelton will be tasked with turning the Pittsburgh Pirates around after agreeing to become their next manager.
PiratesThe Pirates have hired Derek Shelton as our 41st Manager of the organization. Shelton has 15 years of coaching experience and spent the last two seasons as the bench coach of the Minnesota Twins. https://t.co/nbm6Es4Qoc
The Pirates will be Shelton's first MLB managerial gig, but the 49-year-old does have experience in the role with New York Yankees minor league teams in the Gulf Coast and New York-Penn Leagues and from 2000-02.