MINNEAPOLIS -- Tigers general manager Al Avila has been on hand for Detroit's final games of the season at Target Field. But he was here with the future in mind.
While the Tigers finished out their 2017 schedule, Avila and vice president of player personnel Scott Bream and assistant GM David Chadd interviewed members of the current coaching staff for the managerial opening.
"That was my purpose to come here, to interview our in-house candidates," Avila said. "That's been pretty much accomplished. And then going into next week, we will start interviewing guys from outside."
Avila has interviewed third-base coach Dave Clark and infield coach Omar Vizquel, and he is expected to talk with hitting coach Lloyd McClendon, who has managed previously in Pittsburgh and Seattle.