The first question of the Detroit Tigers’ off-season has been answered: Manager Brad Ausmus will be back.
The team exercised Ausmus’ fourth-year contract option this afternoon, marking the second consecutive season that general manager Al Avila has stuck with Ausmus.
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In Ausmus' third season, the Tigers finished 86-75 and 2 1/2 games short of an American League wild-card spot, missing the postseason for a second consecutive year.