The Minnesota Twins parted ways with hitting coaches Rudy Hernandez and David Popkins, assistant hitting coach Derek Shomon and assistant bench/infield coach Tony Diaz on Wednesday. The moves come on

The Minnesota Twins are remaking their on-field staff in the aftermath of a late-season collapse that kept them out of the playoffs.

The team said hitting coaches Rudy Hernandez and David Popkins, assistant hitting coach Derek Shomon and assistant bench/infield coach Tony Diaz will not be returning to the Twins in 2025.

The Minnesota Twins have announced multiple members of its coaching staff won’t be returning for the 2025 season. According to the team’s announcement on Wednesday, four people — hitting coaches Rudy Hernandez and David Popkins, assistant hitting coach Derek Shomon and assistant bench/infield coach Tony Diaz — won’t be returning.

The Twins will have new voices leading their hitters next season after a late-season collapse cost hitting coaches David Popkins and Rudy Hernandez and assistant hitting coach Derek Shomon their jobs.

The Minnesota Twins announced today that hitting coaches Rudy Hernandez and David Popkins, assistant hitting coach Derek Shomon and assistant bench/infield coach Tony Diaz will not return to the major league coaching staff in 2025.

As announced by the Twins on some decrepit social media site today: The coaching departures include all three of the team’s hitting coaches, most prominently David Popkins. Despite his supporters including Carlos Correa,