The Detroit Tigers won’t mirror the Chicago Cubs, where president of baseball operations Scott Harris began his career as an executive under Theo Epstein. They won’t copy the San Francisco Giants, either, where Harris was previously employed under Farhan Zaidi. And they won’t emulate the Tampa Bay Rays, where new vice president and assistant general
News broke on Tuesday that the Detroit Tigers were able to pick up a new Vice President and Assistant General Manager in, Rob Metzler. They hired him away from the Tampa Bay Rays organization, bringing him in to serve under the President of Baseball Operations, Scott Harris.
Detroit Tigers fans should be excited about the direction the team’s front office is moving. President of Baseball Operations Scott Harris continues to try and push this team in the right direction and execute on his three pillars.
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Detroit — Scott Harris, president of baseball operations, made it clear Tuesday that in hiring director of scouting Rob Metzler away from the Tampa Bay, he was not looking to remake the Tigers in the Rays image or anything of the sort. “We need to take steps to differentiate ourselves and Rob has done that
The Tigers announced Tuesday that they’ve hired Rays senior director of amateur scouting Rob Metzler as a vice president and assistant general manager. His hiring comes just one day after longtime assistant GM David Chadd and the organization parted ways. Detroit also dismissed former amateur scouting director Scott Pleis earlier this month. “I hope all
Detroit — The man who headed up one of the top amateur scouting departments in baseball will now be doing the same, and then some, for the Tigers. The club announced Tuesday the hiring of Rob Metzler as vice president and assistant general manager. Metzler, who spent the last 15 seasons with the Tampa Bay
The Detroit Tigers just announced the hiring of former Tampa Bay Rays senior director of amateur scouting Rob Metzler as their new assistant GM and VP. He will lead the team’s efforts in drafting and amateur scouting, both domestically and internationally, essentially taking Scott Pleis’s old role. Pleis was let go on Oct. 8.
Hide Caption Meet Scott Harris: New Tigers exec has impressive resume Detroit Tigers president of baseball operations Scott Harris previously worked with a World Series-winning team (Cubs) and ran a 107-win team (Giants) Tyler J. Davis, Wochit The Detroit Tigers have hired Tampa Bay Rays senior director of amateur scouting Rob Metzler as the organization’s
A day after parting company with David Chadd, the Tigers have scored a big win by hiring long time Tampa Bay Rays scouting director, Rob Metzler. Metzler will join the Tigers as Vice-President and Assistant General Manager, with the main responsibility of developing and leading the new scouting department both nationally and internationally. Metzler has
The Tigers named Rob Metzler their vice president, assistant general manager on Tuesday, hiring him after he had spent 15 seasons with the Tampa Bay Rays. “I hope all Tigers fans will join me in welcoming Rob and his family to our organization,” said Scott Harris, the Tigers’ president of baseball operations. “I am thrilled
We’re still waiting for new President of Baseball Ops, Scott Harris to hire a new general manager and a new scouting director. Those two decisions may ultimately be more impactful to the future success of the organization than any player decisions this offseason. One would expect the former will occur before the offseason begins in
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The Tigers and assistant GM David Chadd have mutually agreed to part ways, Chris McCosky of the Detroit News was among those to report. According to McCosky, the sides discussed the possibility of Chadd remaining in the organization in a different role, but that did not end up coming to fruition. Chadd, who had two years left
The Detroit Tigers’ president of baseball operations Scott Harris speaks during his introductory news conference Tuesday, Sept. 20, 2022 at Comerica Park in downtown Detroit. 3 Ways the Detroit Tigers offseason could turn spooky by Jacob Boes