About Derek Shelton

Derek Lee Shelton (born July 30, 1970) is an American professional baseball coach and former catcher. Shelton has spent the last 15 years as a coach in some capacity at the Major League level.
Shelton was the hitting coach for the Cleveland Indians from 2005 until 2009, and the Tampa Bay Rays from 2010 until 2016. Shelton then worked as the quality control coach for the Toronto Blue Jays in 2017. He was the bench coach for the Minnesota Twins from 2018 through 2019.