BALTIMORE — When outlining his vision for direction of the franchise Tuesday afternoon in Detroit, new Tigers president of baseball operations Scott Harris spent a notable chunk of his introductory press conference talking about winning the battle within the strike zone. Four hundred miles away, those words resonated with manager A.J. Hinch, who was heavily
Detroit Tigers veteran Miguel Cabrera has been with the team for most of his career, but his time to say goodbye to MLB may be approaching. Detroit Tigers veteran Miguel Cabrera has had a lengthy career in MLB, and he’s spent most of it in Detroit.
We hear from manager A.J. Hinch after his Tigers continue their recent mastery of the Orioles on Tuesday. #Leinenkugels
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We hear from Akil Baddoo after he goes 2-for-4, including a two-run blast in the third, as his Tigers win again in Baltimore on Tuesday. #DetroitRoots
Capping off an exciting day in which the Detroit Tigers formally introduced their new President of Baseball Operations, Scott Harris, to the world, the actual baseball club itself won the second game of their three-game series, 3-2, against the Baltimore Orioles. Joey Wentz, the six-foot-five (196 cm) Kansan, made his fifth big-league start. He made
With the Minor League season winding down, this is the last time this year we will be looking at the hottest hitting prospects in the Minors. All year, we’ve been picking the hottest hitter for each organization over the preceding month. While there was no one quite as consistent as a hitter as Andrew Painter
Perhaps the Detroit Tigers’ 2022 wouldn’t have been so bad if they were just allowed to play the Baltimore Orioles a lot more. The Tigers remained perfect against the O’s this season after Tuesday’s 3-2 win in Baltimore. Detroit swept a three-game series from Baltimore in April at Comerica Park, outscoring the Orioles, 12-3. The
It’s a new chapter of baseball in Detroit. The Tigers new President of Baseball Operations spent his first day at Comerica Park with a flurry of introductions and interviews, ready to begin building a new culture of development.
Detroit — The Tigers’ new leader seems bright and earnest and forward-thinking. He’s young but experienced. He understands the scope of the task and clearly isn’t intimidated by it. In philosophy and demeanor, Scott Harris is precisely what the Tigers needed. In reality, we’ll see, as always. He’s only 35 and hasn’t been fully in charge
The Detroit Tigers formally introduced Scott Harris on Tuesday afternoon as the team’s president of baseball operations. Harris, a 35-year-old forward-thinking executive, joins the Tigers after three seasons with the San Francisco Giants, holding the general manager title, and seven seasons with the Chicago Cubs. “When it came time to make a decision,” Harris said,
“The GM of a team who won 107 games last year is now running the Tigers baseball operation. That’s a win,” says Morosi. “That is a very clear statement of the caliber of person the Tigers have.”
The Detroit Tigers have hired their new front office leader. Scott Harris was named the team’s new president of baseball operations, which was a big move and a big step in a new direction for the Tigers organization.
Baltimore — Joe Jimenez and Javier Báez have been through this before, trying to keep their heads in the game when their hearts are 2,000 miles away. Not that it ever gets easier. “I’m talking to my family all the time,” Jimenez said before Tuesday’s game. “Trying to stay focused on baseball, of course. That is our job.
Detroit — The Tigers’ roster is going to undergo changes, probably big changes, and probably quite soon. But Scott Harris, the team’s new president, wasn’t about to make any declarations Tuesday, his first day on the job, when he hasn’t yet most of the people in the organization who are going to help him decide who
Detroit — Both of his parents were in the medical profession. Scott Harris, when he arrived at UCLA, was considering a couple of different fields, all of them fulfilling, distinguished and lucrative. But Harris quickly got hooked on the idea for a different path, a much tougher path, one with far fewer guarantees. He just needed — or, at
Scott Harris spent the past few weeks interviewing with Tigers officials for the opportunity to lead their baseball operations department, a process that team chairman/CEO Christopher Ilitch said was as much a recruitment on their part as an interview on his. So it was a surprise that in his first public appearance since taking the
Full press conference coverage of Scott Harris’ introductory press conference at Comerica Park.
The Detroit Tigers just wrapped up their introductory press conference for new president of baseball operations Scott Harris, and it to be quite frank, it couldn’t have gone any better. Harris sounded smart, confident, and humble, all at the same time. He seemed very well-organized and conducted himself in a manner that was extremely likeable.
Our John Keating and Kirk Gibson talk with the Tigers’ new president of baseball operations, Scott Harris.