This might be the Tigers’ new man.
All because he fits, categorically, the criteria Al Avila insists on bringing to Detroit as the victim next in line to absorb flak previously reserved for Jim Leyland and Brad Ausmus.
Fredi Gonzalez makes too much sense.
Let’s scan the various boxes and see how many check-marks apply:
Experience: Avila, the Tigers general manager who gets his first crack at a personally stamped skipper, wants a man who previously managed at some level of professional baseball. Gonzalez was Marlins manager from 2007 into 2010, and ran the Braves from 2011 into 2016.