According to The Athletic’s Zack Meisel, Cleveland Guardians hitting coach Ty Van Burkleo will not return to the team in 2022.
Breaking: Ty Van Burkleo will not return as Cleveland’s hitting coach in 2022.
Employed since the start of the 2013 season, he was the longest-tenured hitting coach in the league.— Zack Meisel (@ZackMeisel) October 6, 2021Van Burkleo has served as the team’s hitting coach throughout the Terry Francona era, since 2013. The Guardians seem to be operating under the assumption that Francona will return to manage in 2022 — despite not finish the last two seasons due to various health concerns — but he will do so without his long-time hitting coach and former right-hand man Brad Mills, who stepped away from baseball prior to the 2021 season.