FORMER WILD THINGS NAMED MINNESOTA’S MLB HITTING COACH
Source: Frontier League News
Following reports of his hiring in late October, the Minnesota Twins made official the hiring of former Wild Thing David Popkins to their big-league staff today as Popkins has been announced as a hitting coach of the AL Central club. Popkins served as the hitting coach for Great Lakes, the Dodgers’ High-A affiliate, in 2021 and is set to take the place of Edgar Varela, who was reassigned to a Minor League player development role following the Twins’ 2021 season. He will work alongside Rudy Hernandez, who has coached Twins hitters since 2015 and was elevated to co-hitting coach before the 2020 season. Under the direction of Popkins this past season Great Lakes’ hitters posted a collective .800 OPS with 187 homers in 2021, leading the High-A Central in both categories. That OPS ranked fourth among all High-A clubs. Before his stint with Great Lakes, Popkins served as a hitting coach…
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