Pressly, 37, just announced his retirement as a player a few days ago. It seems he has no intention of sitting by the fire smoking a pipe and reading the newspaper. He has quickly launched the next phase of his life with this gig with the Twins.
Presumably, Pressly has a lot of wisdom to pass on to younger players after the twists and turns of his baseball journey. He just wrapped up a professional career that lasted nearly two decades. He was drafted by the Red Sox in 2007 with an 11th-round pick. He was never really a top prospect and was left unprotected in the 2012 Rule 5 draft, which is how the Twins were able to acquire him from the Sox.
That turned out to be the springboard for him to establish himself in the big league for thirteen seasons. The Twins traded him to the Astros in 2018, but that doesn’t appear to have caused any sour feelings between him and the organization based on the fact that he is now rejoining the Twins in a new capacity.
Now he will focus on helping other players who are in the early stages of their journey. This marks the second time in a week that the Twins have brought back one of their recently retired players for a new role. Michael A. Taylor was hired as an outfield instructor a week ago.
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