{"id":556280,"date":"2026-02-05T16:51:17","date_gmt":"2026-02-05T16:51:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/556280\/"},"modified":"2026-02-05T16:51:17","modified_gmt":"2026-02-05T16:51:17","slug":"guardians-news-and-notes-player-development-staffing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/556280\/","title":{"rendered":"Guardians News and Notes \u2013 Player Development Staffing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"\">The Cleveland Guardians announced the full Player Development staff list today. Not much has changed, but there are some familiar faces in new roles. Nick Wittgren will be joining the Clippers as a pitching coach! Madelyn has more on the Clippers staff <a href=\"https:\/\/www.coveringthecorner.com\/cleveland-indians-news\/65217\/guardians-alumni-headline-2026-columbus-clippers-coaching-staff\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:here;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Yesterday was National Girls &amp; Women in Sports Day and the <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/MiLB\/status\/2019164700655907212?s=20\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:MiLB twitter highlighted;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">MiLB twitter highlighted<\/a> some promotions within the Guards organization. Ilana Mishkin was promoted to director of player development, player support. Alyssa Nakken was promoted to director of player development, Arizona development.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">A local Guardians fan, @mikbaer on Twitter, was highlighted by Topps in a video released yesterday. Mikayla is known in the hobby for collecting specifically pink Steven Kwan cards. Its not often brands turn the spotlight onto Cleveland, much less its fans so it was nice to see such a great fan given recognition.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Dayan Frias will be playing for Team Colombia in the World Baseball Classic!<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">After leaving Kwan off the list of Top 10 Left Fielders, MLB Network at least got one right. Jos\u00e9 Ram\u00edrez was named the #1 3B in the league by <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/MLBNetwork\/status\/2019216905626665146?s=20\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:MLB Network\/The Shredder;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">MLB Network\/The Shredder<\/a>. Jos\u00e9 has been on the Top 10 list every year since 2018! Just don\u2019t bother looking at the rest of the list, they got a lot wrong outside of this one.<\/p>\n<p>Around the League<\/p>\n<p class=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/JeffPassan\/status\/2019239993122910566?s=20\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Miguel Andujar;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Miguel Andujar<\/a> is signing a one-year deal with the San Diego Padres.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">In awful, terrible, no good, very bad news; Framber Valdez is heading to the Tigers on a three-year contract.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Cleveland Guardians announced the full Player Development staff list today. 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