What's old is new again ... kind of. The Toledo Mud Hens announced on Monday that former Detroit Tigers hitting coach Lloyd McClendon had been named the team's manager for the 2016 season. The decision comes after long-time manager Larry Parrish announced his retirement, prompting a two month-plus search.
McClendon was initially hired on by the Tigers as the team's bullpen coach when former manager Jim Leyland took over the team, but was named Detroit's hitting coach in 2007. He served as acting manager from that time until 2013, as the Tigers didn't have an official bench coach until the arrival of Gene Lamont.