The Tigers announced on Wednesday they fired executive vice president and general manager Al Avila.
“I want to re-establish our momentum and progress towards building a winning team and I am driven to find a talented executive to help us do that,” Tigers owner Chris Illitch said in a statement. “Tigers fans deserve winning teams and I’m highly focused and committed to deliver that to the people of Detroit and Michigan.”
Avila had spent over 20 years in Detroit, including the last seven years as general manager succeeding Dave Dombrowski. In seven full seasons with Avila as general manager, the Tigers had six losing seasons including two years with the worst record in baseball and one 100-loss season.