On Monday afternoon, Jeff Passan of ESPN reported that the Detroit Tigers are set to hire Scott Harris as their new president of baseball operations. Harris, a veteran of Theo Epstein’s World Series winning braintrust with the Chicago Cubs in 2016, has been the San Francisco Giants general manager under president of baseball operations, Farhan Zaidi over the past three season.
Don’t get too lost in the titles. Harris will hold the same clout over all baseball decisions that previous GM Al Avila did. He may even get the general manager and president of baseball operations tags together by the time the Tigers are ready to announce the hire.