Having lost any confidence that former general manager Al Avila was the guy to build a winner way back in 2017, there was no pleasure in finally seeing Chris Ilitch fire him after a half decade that was largely wasted, only frustration that it took so long. From August 2015 when he took over, right up until AJ Hinch was hired as manager in November of 2020, the Tigers did very little right in attempting to stockpile young talent and build another winning team. The past two years finally saw some of the massive organizational flaws be addressed, but in the end it was all too little, too late to save Avila’s job.
The hunt for the next Tigers general manager continues
