Less than two weeks after informing assistant hitting coach Ben Rosenthal that he wouldn’t return in 2026, the Red Sox have promoted from within to fill that vacant spot on Alex Cora’s coaching staff.

A source confirmed a report from The Athletic’s Jen McCaffrey that John Soteropulos, who was serving as the organization’s hitting coordinator, will join the big league staff as an assistant hitting coach next season. Soteropulos and Dillon Lawson will be the two assistants on hitting coach Pete Fatse’s staff. At this time, no other changes are anticipated when it comes to the coaching staff, though bench coach Ramón Vázquez did interview for the Twins’ managerial opening.

Soteropulos has been with the organization since January 2023. He spent that year as a roving complex hitting coach

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