Mike Rojas, who was Tigers bullpen coach from 2011-13, is back with his old bosses. Rojas will manage Triple A Toledo in 2017, a job he filled in 2007 when former Mud Hens manager Larry Parrish was sidelined by ankle surgery.
A longtime coach and player-development guru in the Tigers farm system, Rojas, 53, last worked as Mariners bullpen coach in 2014-15 as part of former Mariners manager Lloyd McClendon’s staff.
McClendon was manager at Toledo in 2016 ahead of his return last month to the big-league Tigers as hitting coach. Also promoted to Detroit as McClendon’s assistant was longtime Mud Hens hitting coach Bull Durham, who will be succeeded at Toledo by Brian Harper.