The White Sox officially announced the hire of former Twins and Marlins coach Derek Shomon to be the team’s new hitting coach last week. The 35 year-old Chicago native spent years coaching in the independent Frontier League before landing a job with the Twins organization. He spent 2025 as an assistant hitting coach with Miami, who had a league average offense despite a roster of relatively unknown players. Marlins outfielder Kyle Stowers' surprising all-star season was a big part of the reason why. Stowers joined Jarred Carrabis and former major league pitcher Dallas Braden on the Baseball is Dead podcast to discuss his breakout, which he partially attributed to Shomon.
New White Sox hitting coach Derek Shomon helped Marlins breakout star fix his mindset
