Pending a change, it appears that the Detroit Tigers wasted no time after the season ended to get their next manager, AJ Hinch. Just days after the World Series ended, the Detroit Tigers moved quickly to hire the 39th manager in franchise history, AJ Hinch. The former Houston Astros manager, who played for the Tigers
Pending a change, it appears that the Detroit Tigers wasted no time after the season ended to get their next manager, AJ Hinch. Just days after the World Series ended, the Detroit Tigers moved quickly to hire the 41st manager in franchise history, AJ Hinch. The former Houston Astros manager, who played for the Tigers
Evan Petzold | Detroit Free Press Show Caption Hide Caption Detroit Tigers GM Al Avila explains manager search, offseason expectations Detroit Tigers general manager Al Avila speaks with reporters Friday, October 2, 2020, following his team’s season to share offseason expectations. The Detroit Tigers are “making progress” on finalizing a deal to hire A.J. Hinch as
6:34pm: Hinch is the favorite for the job, per Morosi and Beck. 5:10pm: The Tigers interviewed A.J. Hinch for their vacant managerial position on Thursday, Jon Morosi and Jason Beck of MLB.com report. Hinch is one of several candidates known to have spoken with the Tigers as they seek a replacement for the retired Ron
Lynn Henning | The Detroit News There could only have been one baseball town, and one fan base, happier Thursday than a 76-year-old manager named Tony La Russa. Detroit got the word at mid-afternoon, a stunning bulletin, that La Russa had been picked – obviously by owner Jerry Reinsdorf – to manage those rip-roaring young White Sox
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Tony La Russa was in the White Sox dugout as manager when Jack Morris threw his no-hitter for the Tigers on April 7, 1984. Now, La Russa is back. AJ Hinch was in the Tigers’ dugout at Comerica Park as a backup catcher when Detroit avoided a historic 120-loss season Tony La Russa was in
The Detroit Tigers need to move in on hiring A.J. Hinch by end of this article. For the last month, we have written about the Detroit Tigers manager search rather extensive. From doing a profile piece on him to the value the manager’s position is here in Detroit, I think it is safe to say we
Evan Petzold | Detroit Free Press Show Caption Hide Caption Detroit Tigers’ Spencer Torkelson crushes homer in instructional league Detroit Tigers top prospects Riley Greene and Spencer Torkelson put together solid at-bats in the first inning of an instructional league game, Monday, Oct. 19, 2020. No, the Detroit Tigers aren’t considering Jim Leyland as their
After the completion of the regular season and alternate training sites, most player development staffs have turned their attention to instructional league play. In the past, instructs have been populated by new draftees, recent international signings and players at the bottom rungs of their organizational ladder. This year, in an attempt to make up for
The Detroit Tigers might have an opportunity to reunite with a couple of familiar faces in 2021 The season is officially over with the Los Angeles Dodgers claiming World Series victory, meaning the attention officially shifts to the 2021 season for the Detroit Tigers and the rest of the league. The Tigers are coming off
The Detroit News | The Detroit News By all accounts the Detroit Tigers continue to make positive strides in their rebuild. But oddsmakers say they won’t be any closer to contending for a championship in 2021 than they were in 2020. The Tigers, fresh off a season in which they finished with the third-worst record
Associated Press | The Detroit News The Los Angeles Dodgers’ six-game win over the Tampa Bay Rays received an average television rating 32% below the previous World Series low. The six games on Fox averaged a 5.2 rating, 12 share and 9,785,000 viewers, Nielsen Media Research said. The previous low was a 7.6 rating, 12
The World Series is over, which means we will start to see managerial vacancies get filled. There will be extra intrigue this year as two of the available names are former Boston manager Alex Cora and former Houston manager AJ Hinch, who were both suspended for 2020 because of their involvement in a sign-stealing scandal
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Following the departure of starting catcher Austin Romine in free agency, the Detroit Tigers need to bolster their catcher corps. Jason Castro makes some sense as a left-handed veteran platoon option. The Detroit Tigers have a large hole to fill at catcher on their major league roster. The unproven Jake Rogers, who the organization has
Evan Petzold | Detroit Free Press Show Caption Hide Caption Spencer Torkelson smashes home run in Tigers instructional league game Detroit Tigers infield prospect Spencer Torkelson, the No. 1 overall pick in 2020 MLB draft, smashes a home run to LF in instructional league game in Lakeland, Fla., Oct. 19, 2020. The Detroit Tigers have
Chris McCosky | The Detroit News Detroit — It turns out that before the Tigers flew home from Kansas City after concluding the 2020 season, general manager Al Avila interviewed two coaches from Ron Gardenhire’s staff for the manager vacancy – interim manager Lloyd McClendon, which has been reported, and outfield coach Dave Clark, which until
Let’s check in with the Detroit Tigers prospects after fall instructional ball action. Who are some of the names you should know about? Now that the LA Dodgers are declared the World Series champions, we can get onto the business of the MLB off-season. While we wait for the Detroit Tigers to hire their next
The Detroit Tigers continue to search for their new manager. Here’s why it doesn’t matter who they pick. At Motor City Bengals we have you covered when it comes to the Detroit Tigers manager search. So far Rogelio has written profiles on Mike Rabelo, Marcus Thames, and Phil Nevin, among others. Jacob took on Mike