Updated: Oct. 31, 2025, 6:01 a.m.|Published: Oct. 31, 2025, 6:00 a.m.Stephen Vogt, Craig AlbernazManager Stephen Vogt (left) and the Guardians are looking for a new bench coach now that Craig Albernaz (left) has been hired as Baltimore’s manager.Getty Images

CLEVELAND, Ohio — When the Guardians hired Stephen Vogt as manager, he was repeatedly asked how he was going to replace Terry Francona, the winningest manager in Cleveland history.

Vogt never changed his answer.

Paul Hoynes, born in Cleveland, has been the beat writer for the Indians/Guardians since 1983. He attended Cathedral Latin High School in Cleveland and received a journalism degree from Marquette University. He… more

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