Overview
- The club hired Cody Asche as assistant hitting coach and Anthony Sanders as first base coach, and promoted Billy Boyer to major league quality coach.
- Asche and Sanders arrive from the Orioles, while Boyer moves up after serving as Detroit’s minor-league field and infield coordinator.
- The moves replace Keith Beauregard, Anthony Iapoce and Gary Jones, who will not return to the major-league staff in 2026.
- Detroit published its full 2026 staff, retaining key figures including bench coach George Lombard, pitching coach Chris Fetter, hitting coach Michael Brdar, assistant pitching coach Juan Nieves, and third base coach Joey Cora.
- The Tigers also elevated Georgia Giblin to vice president of health and performance and Alex Smith to vice president of baseball strategy, promoted Christian Hook to director of pitching evaluation, hired Brad Ciolek as director of international scouting, moved Tom Moore to senior adviser for international operations, and named Theo Hooper assistant director of amateur scouting.