The Chattanooga Lookouts have announced that Doug Mientkiewicz will be their manager in 2015.

 

Chad Allen will remain the Twins AA hitting coach while Stu Cliburn is the pitching coach. They were in the same role last year with the Rock Cats.

glad he's staying in the Org.!

Mike Berardino ‏@MikeBerardino  · 3m3 minutes ago 
Keeping Doug Mientkiewicz in the fold and moving him up to AA w/Buxton, Polanco, Burdi, Kepler, Walker, et al is huge for #MNTwins.

 

This is why they wanted Mientkiewicz in AA.  Good Luck, Doug M. and Good Job, Brad Steil.

Didn't Mientkiewicz prefer to stay in Ft. Myers for family reasons?  If that was his preference but the Twins still were able to put him where they wanted him, you'd have to think there was either a pretty strong financial gain or implied future advancement to his satisfaction.

Anybody know if Bill Springman's position (roving hitting instructor) has been filled? Maybe it was and I missed it.

This is great. Mientkiewicz was my pick for the manager of the Twins. I hope he gets the job sooner than later.  This is the best place for him. Many, if not most, of the prospects that will make the show can jump to the Twins from here.

Glad for Douggie and hope this works out for him.

Didn't Mientkiewicz prefer to stay in Ft. Myers for family reasons?  If that was his preference but the Twins still were able to put him where they wanted him, you'd have to think there was either a pretty strong financial gain or implied future advancement to his satisfaction.

I think I read somewhere that Chat, Tn is actually closer to his home.

I think I read somewhere that Chat, Tn is actually closer to his home.

 

Bad information.  Chattanooga, TN is about as far away from his home as it is from Des Moines (about 800 miles.)  And it is closer to me (SE PA) for about 50 miles or so.

 

He lives in the Miami area...

Anybody know if Bill Springman's position (roving hitting instructor) has been filled? Maybe it was and I missed it.

 

From the Twins press release, they did not name a hitting coordinator They did name Eric Rasmussen as the pitching coordinator. Sam Perlozzo is back as a roving infield, base running coordinator type.