The Cleveland Guardians are going to break camp later this evening after a couple of split-squad games Josh Harrison Jersey and they'll make their way to Kansas City for the season-opener on Thursday.While the team didn't add an major impact bats to the lineup this off-season, they did make a change on the coaching staff by adding Chris Valaika to the mix as the team's hitting coach.It was a challenging off-season to make changes to the coaching staff, considering they weren't allowed to have any interaction with the players during the lockout. But Valaika is well-thought of around the game and the Guardians are hoping that he can make Sean Rodriguez Jersey an immediate impact to bolster an offense that needs to take a step forward this year.I asked Terry Francona this afternoon on what his thoughts are around Valaika's impact on the organization so far.He said the early returns on Valaika are really good and he's impre sed by his organization. Several of the team Gregory Polanco Jersey 's young players that are breaking camp with the big league club (Steven Kwan and Ernie Clement certainly among them) have had very productive spring's at the Dario Agrazal Jersey plate.Francona also mentioned that Valaika is "running the show", but they've tried really hard to build a good team of hitting instructors and he spoke highly of the group's effort so far. The group includes Victor Rodriguez, Justin Toole Chad Kuhl Jersey and Alex Eckelman (who is a sisting from the front office).You can watch his answer in the video at the top of the page.-----Scroll to ContinueYou may also like:-----Be sure to stay locked into Cleveland Baseball Insider all the time!Follow Cleveland Baseball Insider on Twitter: !