News leaks are verboten within Ilitch Holdings. There is a furious search for a new Tigers general manager moving closer to completion, but no one is talking.
A best guess is the Tigers will move this month, with the first half of September a more likely target for naming a new front-office leader. There is abundant business ahead and a massive retooling likely as the Tigers recover from a 2022 season that has been nothing less than devastating.
Three people are believed to be under heavy consideration among a group that no doubt is broader in number as final interviews and decisions play out:
u25ba Josh Byrnes, 52, Dodgers senior vice president of baseball operations.