Why did Avila choose to stick with Ausmus, what improvements have there been and what are the expectations, what is the root of the baserunning issues? Avila explained his decisions on Saturday.
DETROIT -- Many expected Brad Ausmus to be fired after the 2015 season. The opposite happened. General manager Al Avila, in a press conference before Saturday's game, announced that after he'd considered all aspects of the decision, wanted to keep Ausmus as the team's general manager.
"I was taught a while back ago," Avila said. "Jim Leyland was actually the one who told me this.