Sam Menzin Resigns As Tigers’ Assistant GM

Tigers assistant normal supervisor Sam Menzin resigned his place on Thursday, in accordance with The Athletic’s Cody Stavenhagen.  Menzin had been working on this position since August 2021, and he briefly served because the membership’s appearing entrance workplace boss throughout the roughly six-week interval between the firing of former GM Al Avila and Scott Harris’ hiring as the brand new president of baseball operations.

Although Menzin is just in his mid-30s, he had been one of many Tigers’ longest-tenured entrance workplace workers, as he began as a entrance workplace intern again in 2012.  He labored his manner up the ladder in a wide range of totally different roles, with a give attention to the participant growth division.  Chris McCosky of the Detroit Information notes that one in all Menzin’s latest duties included overseeing some upgrades to the Tigers’ Spring Coaching facility.

The timing of the resignation (only a week into the season) is slightly uncommon, and no motive was given for Menzin’s departure.  Speculatively talking, it may very well be that Menzin merely felt it was time for a recent begin, if there was maybe little room for fast future development inside Detroit’s entrance workplace.  Harris doesn’t seem like going anyplace, and Jeff Greenberg was employed after the 2023 season within the GM position as Harris’ chief lieutenant in baseball ops.  Menzin was one in all 4 assistant GMs within the entrance workplace, together with Ryan Garko, Rob Metzler, and Jay Sartori.