Nick Krall, the team’s president of baseball operations, said Tuesday that the team would not be retaining second-year hitting coach Joel McKeithan, nor assistant hitting coaches Terry Bradshaw or Tim LaMonte. Jeff Pickler, the team’s game planning/infield coach, was let go along with David Bell the week before the season’s final game.

Known as Tito, Francona comes to Cincinnati as one of baseball’s most beloved managers. He has a 1,950-1,672 record in 23 years as a big-league manager with Philadelphia (1997-2000), the Red Sox (2004-2011) and the Guardians (2013-2023). He took Cleveland to the playoffs seven times in his 11 seasons and won 921 games.