DETROIT -- The latest Tigers managerial search to replace Brad Ausmus is expected to be long and wide, and general manager Al Avila says it'll focus on candidates with experience.
"We're going to do a lot of background checking, a lot of thorough background work, and we'll have a good list of names that we'll whittle down little by little," Avila said. "So it'll be an extensive search that will take some time."
On the experience factor, Avila said, "I would say the manager doesn't have to have managerial experience at the Major League level, but he certainly has to have managerial experience in the Minor Leagues, or coaching experience in the Major Leagues so that the person who comes in is well-prepared in that sense.