LAS VEGAS – The Twins are moving to their third hitting coach in the last three years, but the new addition is familiar with the American League Central.
Keith Beauregard is joining manager Derek Shelton’s staff after spending the past three seasons as a hitting coach with the Detroit Tigers, two people familiar with the hire told the Minnesota Star Tribune. Beauregard departed Detroit after his contract expired this year.
Beauregard replaces Matt Borgschulte as the Twins’ lead hitting coach. Trevor Amicone and Rayden Sierra will return as the team’s assistant hitting coaches.
The Twins ranked 23rd in the majors in runs (678), 21st in on-base percentage (.310) and 16th in slugging percentage (.397) in 2025.
Beauregard, 42, helped develop Detroit’s young hitters such as Riley Greene, Spencer Torkelson and Kerry Carpenter. He previously joined the Tigers after four seasons with the Los Angeles Dodgers, working as a minor league assistant field coordinator and a minor league hitting coach. As a player, he played three seasons in an independent league after a college career at Division II St. Anselm College.
It will be the second year on the big-league staff for Amicone and Sierra.
Shelton is nearing the completion of his first staff with the Twins, including holdovers Ramon Borrego, Pete Maki and Luis Ramirez and newcomers LaTroy Hawkins and Grady Sizemore. The team is still finalizing hires for its bench coach, catching coach and field coordinator/quality control coach.
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