MLB Roundup 10/31: Tigers hire A.J. Hinch

Photo by Tim Warner/Getty Images And then there was one. The Red Sox now have the only managerial opening in baseball as the Tigers have hired A.J. Hinch to fill theirs, one day after the White Sox hired Tony La Russa. Hinch, of course, just finished serving a one-year suspension from baseball after heading the Astros dugout during their 2017 sign-stealing scheme. It took only a few days for him to get a job after being eligible.

This obviously has some ramifications for the Red Sox, who are talking to Alex Cora about coming back after he also served a one-year suspension. The writing seems to be on the wall that this is happening, though nothing is official and the Red Sox are indeed…