The Detroit Tigers have announced that A.J. Hinch has been hired as the new manager for the Tigers.
Hinch, of course, had been managing the Houston Astros until the Astros fired him in the aftermath of Hinch and former Astros g.m. Jeff Luhnow receiving year-long suspensions as punishment for their involvement in the cheating scandal that the Astros were involved in in 2017. Hinch was suspended through the end of the World Series, making him now eligible to return.
While Luhnow is someone who I felt was unlikely to return to MLB, Hinch always seemed much more likely to be back.