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Fredi Gonzalez missed out on Detroit Tigers manager job once. Is second time the charm?

Fredi Gonzalez was almost the candidate in 2017.

The Detroit Tigers, recovering from the Brad Ausmus era, needed a new manager. The organization finally embraced the rebuild, dumping Justin Verlander to the Houston Astros for prospects, but Casey Mize, Tarik Skubal, Riley Greene and Spencer Torkelson — now at the top of the farm system's rankings — were not even drafted yet.

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The next three years were going to be tough, and Gonzalez, according to reports, was the front-runner for the managerial vacancy.