Early Wednesday afternoon, it was reported that the Guardians had finally filled their hitting coach vacancy, promoting Grant Fink to fill the spot previously held by Chris Valaika. Fink played college ball at Missouri Western State and was a 23rd round pick of Cleveland in 2013 and spent the majority of his professional playing days in Lake County before being released in the Spring of 2016.

Beyond that, most every coach is back in place to make another run at defending Cleveland’s American League Central Division title. On Thursday’s podcast, Paul Hoynes and Joe Noga break down what each coach brings back to the roster, including longtime fixtures Sandy Alomar Jr. and Carl Willis.

Craig Albernez, last year's bench coach, has been promoted to associate manager after interviewing with the Marlins and White Sox for their managerial jobs.

Guardians manager Stephen Vogt made some tweaks to Cleveland's coaching staff following his successful first season with the club that resulted in a division title.

The Cleveland Guardians fell just short of reaching the World Series this season, and one of the reasons fans can point to for the team falling just short in the ALCS is that the offense didn’t quite stack up against some of the best in the business.