Tigers hire former Dodgers scouting director

Tigers hire former Dodgers scouting director
Beck's Blog
Posted on October 27, 2010 at 2:06 PM

The Tigers made a nice boost to their amateur scouting ranks Wednesday by completing their previously reportedly talks with Dodgers scouting director Tim Hallgren. He's coming on board as Detroit's national crosschecker, filling a post that opened with the promotions of Scott Pleis to scouting director and David Chadd to VP/special assistant.

Hallgren has more than a quarter century in baseball with the Dodgers and Texas Rangers. He was Logan White's right-hand man with the Dodgers drafts, both as scouting director since 2007 and in his previous posts. He'll now be working with Pleis, Chadd and James Orr in the Tigers draft room.

Tony Jackson of ESPNLosAngeles.com first reported the move last week, though at that time nothing was official.