Exactly one year to the day that AJ Hinch last managed, the Astros’ World Series Game 7 loss to the Nationals, the Tigers announced they had hired him as their next manager. News of his hiring confirmed what long had been expected—that a team would give Hinch a managerial job as soon as he served his season-long suspension in the aftermath of Houston’s electronic sign-stealing scandal.
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This presumption, justifiably, can be attributed to the widespread disappointment and lack of faith in both MLB commissioner Rob Manfred and the hedge-fund-ification of big league front offices.