Earlier this offseason, the Detroit Tigers announced that Brad Ausmus' entire coaching staff would return for the 2016 season. Unfortunately, that will not include pitching coach Jeff Jones, who announced his retirement on Monday.
Jones' departure leaves the Tigers in search of a new pitching coach. Unlike BYB's scientific examination of potential managerial candidates in 2013, we aren't as well versed in what the Tigers will be looking for in their next pitching coach. While they may promote a new coach from within -- they did with Jones, after all -- they have gone outside the organization for help before.