Derek Shelton's hot mic moment captures heated exchange with umpire before ejection in loss to Reds

Minnesota Twins manager Derek Shelton was caught voicing his vexation successful a blistery mic infinitesimal earlier being ejected for arguing a cheque plaything telephone during Saturday’s nonaccomplishment to the Cincinnati Reds.

The incidental went down successful the seventh inning aft archetypal basal umpire Hunter Wendelstedt ruled that Reds prima Elly De La Cruz didn’t swing, resulting successful a shot connected the transportation with the Twins leading, 4-2. 

Minnesota Twins manager Derek Shelton walks to the dugout during the archetypal inning of a shot crippled against the Boston Red Sox successful Minneapolis connected April 13, 2026. (Abbie Parr/AP)

"No swing?" could beryllium heard shouted from the dugout, though it wasn’t instantly wide who shouted it. De La Cruz deed an RBI azygous connected the adjacent pitch, and Rece Hinds scored to constrictive the Twins’ lead. 

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Shelton’s displeasure could beryllium heard from the dugout,and conscionable a fewer moments later, location sheet umpire Nic Lentz ejected him.

 The broadcast picked up Lentz telling Shelton, "I wasn’t going to perceive it anymore."

Shelton charged astatine him, denying the accusation and repeatedly shouting, "I’m not adjacent f---ing talking to you," and, "I didn’t accidental thing to you." 

Manager Derek Shelton of the Minnesota Twins argues with location sheet umpire Nic Lentz during the seventh inning astatine Target Field successful Minneapolis, Minnesota, connected April 18, 2026. Shelton was ejected arsenic the Cincinnati Reds defeated the Twins 5-4. (David Berding/Getty Images)

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After the game, Shelton said the remark that got him tossed was made erstwhile his caput was down.

"I had my caput down erstwhile I made the remark I made," helium said, via The Minnesota Star Tribune. "He evidently thought I was making the remark astatine him, but I had my caput down and I was not looking astatine immoderate umpire aft I made it.

"You guys tin marque the determination connected the cheque plaything what you think, but erstwhile I made the remark I made, I had my caput down. I’ve been ejected a batch of times. In that one, I was not directing thing astatine thing but vexation down astatine our bench."

Minnesota Twins manager Derek Shelton argues with umpire Laz Diaz implicit a transportation situation during the ninth inning of a shot crippled against the Baltimore Orioles, Sunday, March 29, 2026 successful Baltimore. (Gail Burton/AP)

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This was the 2nd clip Shelton was ejected this season. Last month, helium became the archetypal manager to beryllium ejected implicit the caller Automated Balls and Strikes (ABS) strategy during a nonaccomplishment to Baltimore. 

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