Lynn Henning | The Detroit News For those who follow big-league baseball — for those, say from the Tigers’ cosmos — this is not the kind of news that stacks up with hiring AJ Hinch as manager. But within baseball’s nursery, the minor leagues, there is drama bubbling. Or, perhaps, the more accurate word is anxiety.
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 pitching coach Chris Fetter is a straightforward guy. Just take his nickname in college: “Cheese.” It’s a short jump
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. — When the Detroit Tigers took Spencer Torkelson with the first pick in the 2020 MLB
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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
George Lombard was one of the first names to emerge in the Tigers’ managerial search a month ago. The former Tigers outfielder is now headed back to Detroit to become A.J. Hinch’s bench coach. In addition, the Tigers have hired veteran coaches Scott Coolbaugh as hitting coach and Chip Hale George Lombard was one of
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.
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
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
Tigers GM Al Avila and manager A.J. Hinch introduce new pitching coach Chris Fetter, who helped lead Michigan to the College World Series finals in 2019.
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
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
A.J. Hinch finds his pitching coach in former Michigan Wolverine coach Chris Fetter. Check out http://MLB.com/video for more! About MLB.com: About MLB.com: Baseball Commissioner Allan H. (Bud) Selig announced on January 19, 2000, that the 30 Major League Club owners voted unanimously to centralize all of Baseball’s Internet operations into an independent technology company. Major
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
The Detroit Tigers are hiring Chris Fetter to be team’s new pitching coach. Here’s why that’s great news for fans. A few weeks back our own Dan Hasty wrote a list of potential names to be the next pitching coach for the Detroit Tigers, and at the the top of the list was Chris Fetter,
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
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
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