Twins dismiss pitching coaches after last-place ERA season
Pete Maki and Luis Ramirez were fired a day after the 2026 season ended, following a year in which Minnesota ranked 25th in MLB with a 4.56 ERA.
The Minnesota Twins have fired pitching coach Pete Maki and assistant pitching coach Luis Ramirez, according to multiple reports cited by Yahoo Sports. The dismissals came one day after the team’s 2026 season ended.
Minnesota finished 25th among MLB teams with a 4.56 ERA, the third-worst mark in the American League. Across the four seasons Maki and Ramirez oversaw the staff, the Twins’ ERA rankings were sixth, 21st, 23rd and 25th.
The rotation’s Fielding Independent Pitching mark was 4.21 this season, ranking 16th, compared with a league-best 3.73 in 2023. Those team statistics describe results but do not, on their own, establish the coaches’ responsibility for them.
Maki and Ramirez were retained when Derek Shelton took over as manager for 2026. Maki joined the organisation in 2017 and became pitching coach in 2022; Ramirez, with the club since 2006, became assistant pitching coach that year.
The front office traded six pitchers before the 2025 deadline, including closer Johan Duran and starter Chris Paddack. The supplied report does not identify the outlets behind its account of the firings.
