The Toronto Blue Jays on Monday announced the hiring of David Popkins as the club’s hitting coach under manager John Schneider. “David’s ability to game plan and connect with players in different ways is a really exciting addition to our coaching staff,

The Blue Jays can't upgrade the roster until deeper into the offseason, but they can work to upgrade the coaching staff.

The Toronto Blue Jays are making a change to their baseball staff, but perhaps it's not the one you might've been anticipating.

Popkins spent the past three seasons overseeing the Twins' offence, and previously worked for the Dodgers in player development.

After finishing in last place in the American League East this past season, the Toronto Blue Jays have several needs. They could stand to upgrade at both second

TORONTO — The Toronto Blue Jays have hired David Popkins as the team’s new hitting coach. He succeeds Guillermo Martinez in the position. Martinez was let go in the wake of Toronto’s last-place finish in the American League East this past season.

The 34-year-old spent the past three years with the Twins and is one of four coaches Minnesota won't be bringing back heading into 2025. The other three who the team dismissed include hitting coach Rudy Hernandez, assistant hitting coach Derek Shomon and assistant bench/infield coach Tony Diaz.

The Jays have hired David Popkins to be their new hitting coach. Popkins is 34 and played in the Cardinals system for three seasons but didn’t make it higher than Double-A. He hit .278/.346/.409 with 14 home runs in 256 games in their system.

The success of the Detroit Tigers this season was a direct result of their strong farm system. After trading away established veterans at the deadline to get mo

According to Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame inductee Bob Elliot, Editor in Chief of the Canadian Baseball Network, Toronto Blue Jays director of amateur scouting Shane Farrell is in the process of leaving the organisation to join the Detroit Tigers.