From the Cards to the Tigers…A Chippewa Falls native is the new hitting coach for the Detroit Tigers.
The team announced this week quality control coach Joe Vavra will take over as hitting coach in 2020. Vavra was the hitting coach for the Minnesota Twins from 2006 to 2012 when current Tigers manager Ron Gardenhire was manager there. The Tigers finished the 2019 season with the worst record in Major League Baseball, 47-and-114.
