Chris McCosky | The Detroit News Detroit – AJ Hinch’s first Tigers’ coaching staff is just about complete. On Saturday, the Tigers announced the additions of: ►Hitting coach Scott Coolbaugh, former White Sox assistant hitting coach. ►Bench coach George Lombard, former Dodgers first base coach. ►Third base coach Chip Hale, former Nationals bench coach and
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The Tigers have added three new coaches to A.J. Hinch’s staff, Cody Stavenhagen and Britt Ghiroli of The Athletic report (Twitter link). George Lombard will be the new bench coach, Chip Hale becomes third base coach, and Scott Coolbaugh becomes hitting coach. This is the second link between Lombard and the Tigers this offseason, as
Evan Petzold | Detroit Free Press Show Caption Hide Caption Detroit Tigers pitching coach Chris Fetter ready to develop rotation Detroit Tigers pitching coach Chris Fetter is introduced Friday, Nov. 6, 2020, as an addition to new manager AJ Hinch’s coaching staff. Detroit Tigers manager AJ Hinch is working quickly to build his coaching staff.
Evan Petzold | Detroit Free Press Show Caption Hide Caption Detroit Tigers pitching coach Chris Fetter ready to develop rotation Detroit Tigers pitching coach Chris Fetter is introduced Friday, Nov. 6, 2020, as an addition to new manager AJ Hinch’s coaching staff. It started with a text message. Detroit Tigers manager AJ Hinch flew from Texas
Ryan Ford | Detroit Free Press Show Caption Hide Caption Watch: Detroit Tigers introduce AJ Hinch as manager Detroit Tigers owner Christopher Ilitch and GM Al Avila introduce new manager AJ Hinch, Oct. 30, 2020. With the hiring of AJ Hinch as manager last week, the Detroit Tigers suggested their rebuild — which began in
Chris McCosky | The Detroit News Detroit — The hiring of University of Michigan’s Chris Fetter as the new pitching coach on AJ Hinch’s staff was being touted across the baseball world Friday as a progressive move by the Tigers. And that caused Fetter to wince just a bit. Yes, he’s 34 and he built one
Evan Petzold | Detroit Free Press Show Caption Hide Caption Detroit Tigers pitching coach Chris Fetter ready to develop rotation Detroit Tigers pitching coach Chris Fetter is introduced Friday, Nov. 6, 2020, as an addition to new manager AJ Hinch’s coaching staff. The Detroit Tigers had the worst starting rotation in baseball last season with
11:37 am: The Tigers have officially announced the hirings of Fetter and Nieves. Additionally, quality control coach Josh Paul and base coach Ramon Santiago will return to the staff, per the team. 9:06 am: Detroit is also set to hire Juan Nieves as assistant pitching coach, reports Cody Stavenhagen of the Athletic (via Twitter). Previously a
The Tigers can go into next season with a pretty good idea of what their pitching staff will look like. They could realistically fill their rotation and bullpen in-house from players within the organization, though they’ll most likely look for depth. Offensively, it’s a different story. Three members of Detroit’s The Tigers can go into
Evan Petzold | Detroit Free Press Show Caption Hide Caption Watch: Detroit Tigers introduce AJ Hinch as manager Detroit Tigers owner Christopher Ilitch and GM Al Avila introduce new manager AJ Hinch, Oct. 30, 2020. Although Detroit Tigers manager AJ Hinch added a new face in pitching coach Chris Fetter, he is keeping two of the organization’s
The Tigers will hire Chris Fetter as their new pitching coach, a source told MLB.com’s Jon Paul Morosi and Jason Beck on Friday. The team hasn’t confirmed the hire. Fetter was the pitching coach at the University of Michigan. He helped lead Michigan to the 2019 College World Series, where The Tigers will hire Chris
Chris McCosky | The Detroit News Detroit – The Tigers are expected to announce Friday the hiring of Chris Fetter as the pitching coach on AJ Hinch’s staff. Fetter, 34, has been the pitching coach at the University of Michigan the last three years and previously worked in the Los Angeles Dodgers organization as minor
Evan Petzold | Detroit Free Press Show Caption Hide Caption Watch: Detroit Tigers introduce AJ Hinch as manager Detroit Tigers owner Christopher Ilitch and GM Al Avila introduce new manager AJ Hinch, Oct. 30, 2020. Detroit Tigers manager AJ Hinch has made his first coaching staff hire since taking over the team Oct. 30, making
Long before Willy Adames was playing shortstop for the Rays in the 2020 World Series, he was a prospect in the Tigers’ farm system, signed a little more than eight years ago out of the Dominican Republic at age 16. Six years have passed since he went to Tampa Bay Long before Willy Adames was
Evan Petzold | Detroit Free Press Show Caption Hide Caption Detroit Tigers’ Riley Greene homers in instructional league game Detroit Tigers prospect Riley Greene homers during an instructional league game in Lakeland, Florida, on Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2020. The Detroit Tigers probably won’t reunite with Yoenis Cespedes during this year’s free agency period, but there’s
Evan Petzold | Detroit Free Press Show Caption Hide Caption Tigers prospect Roberto Campos takes batting practice in Dominican Republic Detroit Tigers prospect Roberto Campos takes swings in the batting cage in the team’s Dominican Republic academy in March 2020. Detroit Tigers outfielder Roberto Campos was supposed to play in the Dominican Summer League this
Chris McCosky | The Detroit News Detroit – From March through September, Tigers director of international operations Tom Moore was, like most of the baseball industry, shut down. Instead of his scouts scouring the Dominican Republic, Venezuela, Colombia, Australia and the Far East for teenage prospects, he was stuck in his office in Lakeland doing skills-building
Tony Paul | The Detroit News Detroit — The Tigers will host free walk-up and drive-through flu-shot clinics Monday and Tuesday at Comerica Park. The Tigers are working in partnership with Meijer, which also will host the clinics at Jackson Field, home of the Lansing Lugnuts, in downtown Lansing. The state of Michigan will be providing
Jeff Seidel | Detroit Free Press Show Caption Hide Caption Detroit Tigers’ Riley Greene homers in instructional league game Detroit Tigers prospect Riley Greene homers during an instructional league game in Lakeland, Florida, on Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2020. LAKELAND, Fla. — Riley Greene, the Detroit Tigers‘ 2019 first-round draft pick, walked through the first-base dugout
Evan Petzold | Detroit Free Press Show Caption Hide Caption Watch: Detroit Tigers introduce AJ Hinch as manager Detroit Tigers owner Christopher Ilitch and GM Al Avila introduce new manager AJ Hinch, Oct. 30, 2020. Detroit Tigers left-hander Matthew Boyd is sending a message of forgiveness to new manager AJ Hinch, who is still scrutinized