Joe Camporeale-USA TODAY Sports

He’s a familiar name, but his coaching career didn’t make him an obvious candidate, at least to us.

The Detroit Tigers’ search for a new player development chief is over. On Thursday, the team announced that Ryan Garko, the Los Angeles Angels replay coordinator and former major league first baseman, has been hired as Vice-President of Player Development.

We had a few names in mind for the job, mainly coordinators and former coordinators from the...

Continue Reading Detroit Tigers hire former MLB first baseman Ryan Garko as VP of Player Development