Detroit Tigers: 3 reasons to be excited about the Scott Harris hiring

Detroit Tigers’ new hire Scott Harris has plenty to like for the team’s future.

The Detroit Tigers have shifted their rebuild and made a move that has vastly shifted the organization’s trajectory… for the better. While there are a lot of obstacles and things to get around before the Tigers see the light at the end of the tunnel, they have someone to help them get there.

Following the news of the Detroit Tigers hiring Scott Harris to preside as the team’s new president of baseball operations, the outcry of excitement was well-heard. It has become clear that the Tigers fan base feels Harris will help lead this team in the right direction.

There is a lot to like and a lot to be excited about. From his past experience to former coworkers offering Harris a stamp of approval, there is reason to believe the Harris hire will be a good one. While it’s the beginning of a new era, and things could vastly change over time, it feels like a good time to buy into what the Tigers are doing for this fan base.

After the Tigers moved on from Al Avila after firing him earlier this summer, a change was needed. Harris will bring a breath of fresh air to the organization as he takes over and attempts to get them moving in the right direction.

Here are three reasons to be excited about the Detroit Tigers hiring Scott Harris.

Detroit Tigers’ new hire Scott Harris has had plenty of great mentors.

The Detroit Tigers got their guy with the hiring of Scott Harris to be the team’s new leader of baseball ops. This is the first time that Harris has held this role, but he has had plenty of leaders along the way who have helped shape Harris to be as awesome as he is.

Scott Harris had the pleasure of working under Jed Hoyer during his time with the Cubs, as was mentioned on the last slide, and Farhan Zaidi during Harris’ tenure as the general manager of the San Francisco Giants.

With both teams that Harris has worked for after his time with the Commissioner’s office, he has worked closely with and learned from two incredible baseball minds. Hoyer and Harris worked together to build a Cubs team that ended their World Series drought.

Zaidi and Harris were working to turn things around with the Giants organization after Zaidi left the Dodgers after helping lay the groundwork for a dynasty with that team. He took the Dodgers to back-to-back World Series appearances in 2017 and 2018, watching them turn around and win a World Series in 2020.

The bottom line is that Zaidi knows how to build a winner, and Harris was able to work with him during his time with the Giants. As noted on his bio on the Giants website, Harris helped build a team that got back on track. The Giants posted the third highest winning percentage in all of baseball through Harris’s first two seasons, with the Giants with a 136-86 record, producing a .613 winning percentage.

Harris has been around some of the best leaders in baseball who have already shown an outpouring of support for the Tigers’ new man in charge. The hope should be that he can come to Detroit and use all of this knowledge garnered to right the ship.

Detroit Tigers’ new hire Scott Harris knows what it takes to win.

Circling back to the last slide with the note about winning, the Detroit Tigers should be expected to hear that word much more with the team’s new president of baseball operations. Scott Harris has proven that he can build winning teams.

While he’s done it with his mentors, this will be his chance to show this wealth of knowledge and build a winning team in Detroit. With so much support and many reasons to like him, the Tigers have to be excited about what Harris will do for the organization.

The third reason to be excited is that Harris knows how to win, and he knows what he needs to do to build a winning ball club. That being said, the Tigers may see some personnel changes, some roster moves, and overall changes, but Harris will do what he needs to do to get this team moving in the right direction.

Harris has the experience. He’s been a part of trades, the draft process, and roster moves and also has dabbled with research projects and player development. With such a well-rounded base of knowledge and the experience of good mentors, he knows what he needs to do to produce a winner.

The Tigers turned a page with this hire. It was a big move for the organization, and the Detroit Tigers fan base should be excited about welcoming Scott Harris into the organization to see what he can do!