Chris Valaika spent the past three seasons as the Cleveland Guardians hitting coach, including two under Terry Francona.

CINCINNATI, Ohio (WKBN) – The Cincinnati Reds have officially hired Chris Valaika as the Director of Hitting and Major League Hitting Coach. He spent the past three seasons as the hitting coach with the Cleveland Guardians. Valaika joins former Cleveland manager Terry Francona who was recently hired as the Reds’ new manager.

The Guardians are searching for a new hitting coach after the announcement that Chris Valaika is leaving Cleveland to join Terry Francona’s staff in Cincinnati. On Friday’s podcast, Paul Hoynes and Joe Noga look at what Valaika accomplished in three seasons with the Guardians and what is next for Stephen Vogt’s staff.

The hiring of Chris Valaika signals a clear intention of the Cincinnati Reds brass on how to fix what went wrong in a swing-and-mostly-miss 2024.

New Reds manager Terry Francona has hired hitting coach Chris Valaika away from the Cleveland Guardians, Cincinnati announced Friday.

Chris Valaika went 2 for 3 in the Friday contest that weekend. Bakersfield had the Blaze, and Juan Duran socked a homer for them! Next up on the Google search results wayback machine is the 2013 Red Report on Chris Heisey,

The Cincinnati Reds have tapped a familiar face to lead their hitting program, naming former infielder Chris Valaika as their new Director of Hitting and Major League Hitting Coach. Valaika, who spent the last three seasons in a similar role with the Cleveland Guardians,

The Reds hired Chris Valaika to be their Director of Hitting and Major League Hitting Coach on Thursday. Valaika spent the past three seasons in Cleveland, including two years under Reds manager Terry Francona.