The Detroit Tigers front office made a significant new hire on Saturday as Bob Elliott of the Canadian Baseball Network broke the news that they are finalizing terms to hire Shane Farrell as their new farm director. Farrell has spent the last five years as the Toronto Blue Jays scouting director, so this is a move over to the player development side for him.
There’s no word of anyone leaving the Tigers front office. So this would appear to be a move to hire Farrell to work under VP/AGM Ryan Garko, presumably taking over some of the day-to-day responsibilities since Garko was promoted to a Vice-President, Assistant General Manager seat last May.