The Toronto Blue Jays major headline transactions this past winter included adding players Myles Straw, Nick Sandlin, Andrés Giménez Anthony Santander and Jeff Hoffman.
However, there was one under-the-radar move that they made this past winter that has certainly paid huge dividends for the Blue Jays in 2025 at the expense of the Minnesota Twins. That transaction turned out to be the addition of hitting coach David Popkins to the Jays’ coaching staff.
Blue Jays make Twins pay for this under-the-radar offseason move
Back then, Popkins was fully expecting the Twins to offer him an extension after the great work he has done for the Minnesota organization in recent year, as per Dan Hayes of The Athletic.