The exact timetable is unclear. But the Detroit Tigers, at some point, will hire a new general manager.
"We're going to start the process, and we're going to let it run its course," owner Christopher Ilitch said. "When we find the right candidate, it will have finished. That's a longer way of saying there's not an established timeline."
The Tigers fired Al Avila on Wednesday during his seventh season as general manager.
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"We will deploy the full resource of our entire organization to ensure that we identify the best candidate to lead our baseball operations into the future," Ilitch said.