Detroit — The Tigers didn’t just hire a new hitting coach. They’ve installed a new hitting department.
On Tuesday, the Tigers announced the hiring of Michael Brdar and Keith Beauregard as big-league hitting coaches and James Rowson as assistant hitting coach. Presumably, they will join holdover Adam Melhuse to make a four-man hitting group.
The Tigers also announced former Arizona Diamondbacks assistant trainer Ryne Eubanks as the club’s new head athletic trainer.
Brdar, 28, a former player and coach at the University of Michigan, was the hitting coach for the San Diego Padres last season.