A day after parting company with David Chadd, the Tigers have scored a big win by hiring long time Tampa Bay Rays scouting director, Rob Metzler. Metzler will join the Tigers as Vice-President and Assistant General Manager, with the main responsibility of developing and leading the new scouting department both nationally and internationally.
Metzler has been with the Rays for 15 years, the last seven as Senior Director of Amateur Scouting. In that role he was in charge of running the Rays’ scouting for the MLB amateur draft. He has a reputation for fusing the best of traditional scouting, video, and data analysis.