The Detroit Tigers’ search for a new player development chief is over. On Thursday, the team announced that Ryan Garko, the Los Angeles Angels replay coordinator and former major league first baseman, has been hired as Vice-President of Player Development.
We had a few names in mind for the job, mainly coordinators and former coordinators from the top organizations in player development, but Garko’s name didn’t come up. That’s not surprising, as figuring out who the up and coming development aces are is pretty tricky without a lot of insider sourcing.
Garko will probably be familiar to many of you from his time as a major league first baseman for the Cleveland Indians from 2005-2009.