In a series of moves we at Bless You Boys have begged for over the past half decade, the Detroit Tigers have made some major moves to restructure the front office. On Tuesday, they announced that David Littlefield, long-time Director of Player Development and more recently Vice-President in charge of Player Development has been moved into an advisory role as a special assignment scout. Assistant General Manager David Chadd is also being moved to a new role not yet created.
In their place are the architects of the club’s move to modern data and analytics. Sam Menzin, the Tigers’ Director of Baseball Operations and Professional scouting for the past four seasons, has been promoted to Vice President and Assistant General Manager.