Breaking: Minnesota Twins Part Ways with Hitting Coaches David Popkins, Derek Shomon, Rudy Hernandez, and Assistant Bench Coach Tony Diaz

He had to go, but so should have a number of people above his pay grade.

Unless the FO changes their hitting philosophies changes like this don’t matter much. They will find another guy to try and deliver the same message in a different way. 

Scapegoats. 

Recently it was the training staff. This year it's the hitting coach....

And…there it is. The current organization is nothing, if not predictable.

If there’s an unserious, half-hearted, empty, action that can be identified…whether it be with the staff, the roster, or the fans…these guys will take it.

Rest in peace Pete rose , please watch over our hitters ....

It's a start  , assistant coach Rudy  hernandez  should be Gone to , all new voices needed there ...

Let's just clean house , 2 pukey season in the last 3 seasons is enough reason for changes  ....

already posted by a member , I agree with his displeasure that  the higher Pay grade wasn't going with him ...

Today I was thinking to myself , WHO WAS A WORSE OWNER ????

CALVIN OR TODAYS POHLADS , not Carl or Eloise  .... 

Now starts the big exciting moves by the FO. He might of deserved to go, but there  certaily are bigger fish to fry. 

Sure...he needed to go, but there's a few other people that need to be on the bus outta town with him. 

I think everyone from tommy watkins to the bullpen coach need to be shown the door also 

13 minutes ago, USAFChief said:

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If the organization has determined Shoman isn't doing a good job, why would they retain him and send him to the minors? Wouldn't that have an even worse impact? 

Once a Twin...always a Twin. It's like the mafia...there's only one way out of the "family".

Without the powers that be, being shown the door as well, I just feel like this is another attempt, by those powers that be, to appease the fans and hold someone else accountable for their own mistakes. Could it be that the players on this team, that are directly attributed to being here by this current FO, really aren't that good and no matter who the coaches are, they aren't going to become the goose that lays the golden eggs. One of my best friends sayings was, "you can't make a silk purse out of a pigs ear". Eventually you have to take the hype they are feeding you and flush it down the toilet, especially when you see year after year that the hype never materializes. 

44 minutes ago, Jocko87 said:

Flabbergasted how many people think Falvine would be more responsible than the actual coaches. 

Organizational hitting philosophy is a bunch of garbage hot takery.  There are other threads for that.

In his own words.

"trade for players or find players across baseball that help us..." like Richards? Really!? Come on man. This starts from top down..... 🤷‍♂️

2 hours ago, Linus said:

Unless the FO changes their hitting philosophies changes like this don’t matter much. They will find another guy to try and deliver the same message in a different way. 

Which is totally fine if they can find the guy who can do it effectively. The Twins didn't have a dramatically worse OPS or OPS+ compared to a team like the Yankees, which employs former Twins hitting coach James Rowson, and the batting average between the two teams was nearly identical this year. The biggest problem from my view was that the Twins lineup over the past couple of years would be the hottest team in baseball for a few weeks then fall off a cliff the next few weeks. Hopefully, they can find someone who can help level that out a little bit more (how that's done, I have no idea).

I hope Pete Maki stays. I don't think he garners enough credit.

Twins hitters don't play full seasons, are (comprehensively) deathly allergic to plating RISP, steal bases only on the 3rd Wed of each month, have no killer mentality, and never reach their potential or vastly outperform expectations. Warning to incoming hitting coach: you are working with nothing, sir/ma'am. And don't think your draft stockpile will save you. These players sparkle every once in a while but eventually leave the team for better player development.

Both Detroit and KC just showed us how to win without hitting the ball 450 feet. They ran the bases well and KC stole their way to the W.  And, lest I forget, they played clean baseball in the field. Those are lessons to the Twins coaches in the future.....

The first of a few coaches to go.  Scapegoats.  But I understand.  The first of several lip service or cover you a.. movement by the Twins.

3 hours ago, rv78 said:

Without the powers that be, being shown the door as well, I just feel like this is another attempt, by those powers that be, to appease the fans and hold someone else accountable for their own mistakes. Could it be that the players on this team, that are directly attributed to being here by this current FO, really aren't that good and no matter who the coaches are, they aren't going to become the goose that lays the golden eggs. One of my best friends sayings was, "you can't make a silk purse out of a pigs ear". Eventually you have to take the hype they are feeding you and flush it down the toilet, especially when you see year after year that the hype never materializes. 

AMEN  ....

This was an obvious move.  Glad it’s out of the way.  On to more offseason stuff.  There are not many moves to make this offseason.  So enjoy the few depth signings a bullpen arm, a middle IF, and backup OF signings.  Maybe a Paddack trade.  Possibly a hitter like a DH part time 1B.  Those last two would be our big offseason moves.