MINNEAPOLIS -- The Minnesota Twins have hired former manager Ron Gardenhire as a special assistant to general manager Terry Ryan.
The team announced Gardenhire's return on Monday. His responsibilities include traveling to all minor league affiliates as an instructor and evaluator.
"He's got a lot of experience in evaluating," Ryan said. "He's got a lot of experience teaching. He certainly can mentor the managers and coaches to some extent, or whatever needs to be done. There's a lot of value. He's done about everything you need to do in the game. So he'll be involved in the minor leagues quite a bit.