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  "textContent": "<p><b>Derek Shelton</b>, who grew up in north suburban Gurnee, is grateful for a second chance to manage in the majors with the Twins. And he’s with another club that plays in the same division as a Chicago team.</p><p>Starting in 2020, Shelton spent five-plus seasons guiding the Pirates — one of the Cubs’ rivals in the National League Central — until they dismissed him last May after a 12-26 start.</p><p>In his return to the Twins, for whom he was a bench coach in 2018 and 2019, Shelton said he isn’t surprised his team is chasing the <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https://chicago.suntimes.com/white-sox\" >White Sox</a> in the American League Central, even if the South Siders are coming off three seasons with 101 or more losses. The Twins entered play Wednesday at 27-28, a half-game behind the second-place Sox.</p><p>‘‘I don’t think it’s surprising at all,’’ Shelton, 55, said of the Sox’ climb. ‘‘I think [general manager] <b>Chris</b> [<b>Getz</b>] and [assistant GM] <b>Josh Barfield</b> and [manager] <b>Will Venable</b> have done an unbelievable job. I mean, they’ve put a plan in place and stuck to that plan.</p><p>‘‘You know, they went out and made really good signings. When you get a first baseman of this caliber [<b>Munetaka Murakami</b>], they got [starter <b>Anthony</b>] <b>Kay</b>, [<b>Colson</b>] <b>Montgomery</b> is a really good player, [<b>Miguel</b>] <b>Vargas</b> they traded for — this is a good baseball team.’’</p><p>In his second managerial job, Shelton said he’s paying attention to detail more than ever.</p><p>‘‘I do think that one of the things that came out of last year was I thought I got away from the attention to detail, what I thought was the attention to detail from my space,’’ he said. ‘‘I wanted to make sure that if I ever did get the next opportunity that I would stay more on top of it and that I would build a staff that stays on top of it.’’</p><p>Shelton was a standout catcher at Warren Township High School, where he was coached by his dad, <b>Ron</b>. He then went on to play at Southern Illinois and in the minors before turning to coaching and, ultimately, managing.</p><p>He said he doesn’t think anyone can be fully prepared for his first managerial job in the majors.</p><p>‘‘The first year you manage, you’re drinking from the fire hose,’’ said Shelton, noting that 2020 was the COVID-shortened season with extra regulations. ‘‘I didn’t know what I was doing.’’</p><h3>Swiss Army knife, made in Japan?</h3><p>Twins left-hander <b>Connor Prielipp</b> started Wednesday, so right-handed-hitting <b>Randal Grichuk</b> took over in right field and batted cleanup in the Sox’ starting lineup. That gave left-handed-hitting newcomer <b>Rikuu Nishida</b> his first day off in the majors after two eventful games.</p><p>Nishida, who played mostly at second base in the minors, admitted that getting used to right field in a major-league stadium presented him with some challenges, even if he made some nifty catches and threw out two runners at the plate.</p><p>Venable said he is confident the 5-6, 150-pound Nishida will excel in right or anywhere else.</p><p>‘‘He’s a baseball player, kind of like [<b>Sam</b>] <b>Antonacci</b>, where you feel like you can throw him anywhere and he’ll make the adjustments and get the job done,’’ Venable said.</p><h3>Hays’ day off</h3><p>Venable said outfielder <b>Austin Hays</b> is being held back by ‘‘lower-body soreness’’ and took Wednesday off during his rehab assignment with Triple-A Charlotte for a strained left calf.</p><p>Hays missed most of April because of a strained right hamstring. 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