Guardians lose hitting coach Valaika to Reds

Valaika will be reunited with a familiar face in Terry Francona in Cincinnati. Although there is speculation of what will happen with Guardians pitching coach Carl Willis this offseason (especially because of his close relationship with Francona), the Reds already having a pitching coach and a director of pitching, making it much harder to envision Willis joining Francona. Time will tell this winter if Willis ends up deciding to retire, which will create another vacancy on the coaching staff.