Detroit — Scott Harris, president of baseball operations, made it clear Tuesday that in hiring director of scouting Rob Metzler away from the Tampa Bay, he was not looking to remake the Tigers in the Rays image or anything of the sort.
"We need to take steps to differentiate ourselves and Rob has done that in Tampa," Harris said during a Zoom interview with the Detroit media. "But I expect him to come here and partner with all the talent we have in the front office to come up with new processes that can differentiate us from the other 28 clubs plus Tampa.