Ty Van Burkleo will not return as hitting coach

The Cleveland Guardians will have a new hitting coach in 2022 as change has been made on the coaching staff.

The Major League Baseball season is not over yet as the postseason just begun, but the Cleveland Guardians have already made a personnel move for next season. Long time hitting coach Ty Van Burkleo will not be returning in 2022 according to reports. Van Burkleo has been with the team since 2013 as the longest tenured hitting coach in the league.

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, 2021

Whle Ty Van Burkleo is leaving, the expectation is that assistant hitting coaches Victor Rodriguez and Justin Toole will remain with the club.