Monday afternoon, the New York Yankees hired Detroit Tigers assistant hitting coach James Rowson for their head hitting coach vacancy. Rowson spent just one season in Detroit, meaning New York will be Rowson's third team in as many years. This is his third time taking a coaching job with the Yanks; he spent the 2007-12 and 2014-17 seasons as their minor league hitting coordinator.
The average Tigers fan likely wasn't all that familiar with Rowson until a few days ago when the news broke that he'd been offered the job in New York. He's spent nearly two decades in key coaching roles, though never the few high profile positions in the major leagues until recently, making him one of the most experienced Tigers coaches on staff last season.