Yankees hitting coach will not Francisco Alvarez Jersey be returning for the 2024 season due to family reasons, as he himself announced on his podcast. was among those to relay the news. Im not gonna be able to come back next year, Casey said, per , because I have my two daughters at home. I think getting divorced a few years ago I have those girls 50 percent of the time. I just cant imagine being away for 8 months. He also said, per , There was no offer made, but I do think I could have come back had I wanted to. That time right now is not perfect for me. Well see what happens in the next few years here. The Yankees began 2023 with Dillon Lawson as their hitting coach and struggled offensively, producing a team-wide batting line of .227/.304/.397 for the year. That amounts to a wRC+ of 94, indicating they were 6% worse than league average. Its always tough to figure out how much credit or blame should go to a hitting coach or the players themselves. The 2023 Yankees had one of the best hitters in the world in but also gave plenty of plate appearances to le s-heralded journeymen like , , and , as well as rookies like . Whether Lawson had any hand in those struggles is difficult to tell but Yanks evidently felt a change was nece sary, as Lawson was fired in July and replaced by Casey. The team had a wRC+ of 96 prior to that move and a 92 wRC+ after, but again, its tough to reach conclusions about the impact of the hitting coach in such numbers. The Yankees faded from contention and gave a lot of their late-season playing time to unproven younger players. The Yankees will now have to find a new hitting coach for the 2024 season. As for Casey, it seems he is leaving the door open for future coaching gigs as his family situation evolves. He played in the big leagues from 1997 to 2008 but his stint with the Yankees this year was his first coaching job. Christian Scott Jersey