The Cleveland Guardians have made several changes to their coaching staff for the upcoming season, as reported by Mandy Bell of MLB.com. Grant Fink has been promoted to hitting coach, replacing Chris Valaika, who left to join Terry Francona’s coaching staff in Cincinnati. Additionally, bench coach Craig Albernaz will remain with the Guardians but has…
The phrase, “If you build a better mousetrap, the world will beat a path to your door,” implies that creating something valuable or superior attracts attention and demand. For the Cleveland Guardians, this idea has applied as they’ve developed a strong infrastructure with talented coaches and front office members who are now highly sought after…
CLEVELAND — As the offseason begins, the Guardians anticipated that some of their successful coaches might move on to other teams. Chris Valaika was the first to make that leap. The Guardians announced that Valaika, who served as Cleveland’s hitting coach for the past three seasons, has been hired by the Reds as their director…