Tigers Announce Additions to Major League Coaching Staff; Front Office Promotions and New Hires in Baseball Operations

The Detroit Tigers today announced three new additions to the major league coaching staff and a series of promotions and new hires within their baseball operations department.

Cody Asche has been named major league assistant hitting coach. Asche spent the 2025 campaign as the hitting coach for the Baltimore Orioles, his third and final season on their coaching staff after serving as a strategy coach for two seasons before his promotion. After five seasons as a player with the Philadelphia Phillies (2013-16) and Chicago White Sox (2017), Asche began his coaching career as a hitting coach in Philadelphia’s minor league system in 2021 before being named a hitting coordinator in Baltimore’s minor league system in 2022.

Billy Boyer has been promoted to major league quality coach after serving as Detroit’s minor league field coordinator and infield coordinator in 2025. The 2026 campaign will mark Boyer’s third year in his second stint with the organization, as he previously served as Detroit’s infield coordinator in 2022 before spending one season as an assistant coach with the University of Washington in 2023. Prior to joining the Tigers for the first time, Boyer was a minor league infield and baserunning coordinator with Minnesota (2019-21) and an assistant coach with Seattle University (2018).

Anthony Sanders has been named major league first base coach after spending the last six seasons in the same role with the Baltimore Orioles. Prior to joining the Orioles, Sanders spent the previous 13 seasons at a variety of levels within Colorado’s minor league system starting in 2007, including multiple campaigns as a manager, a hitting coach and a minor league coordinator.  He reached the big leagues as a player with the Toronto Blue Jays (1999) and Seattle Mariners (2000-01) and won a Gold Medal with Team USA at the 2000 Summer Olympic Games.

Dr. Georgia Giblin has been promoted to Vice President, Health & Performance. In this new role, Dr. Giblin will lead all the organization’s health & performance teams in driving a fully comprehensive approach to the health and development of players. Dr. Giblin had most recently been promoted to Vice President, Baseball Performance Science prior to the 2025 campaign and the 2026 season will mark her sixth with the Tigers organization. She originally joined the club in 2021 as a post-doctorate fellow through a partnership with the University of Michigan.

Alex Smith has been named Vice President, Baseball Strategy. Smith joins the Tigers after having spent the past 11 seasons in a variety of roles with the Chicago Cubs in and out of uniform, most recently as major league strategy coach. He also served in Chicago as coordinator of baseball operations and assistant director of major league data & development. With Detroit, Smith will oversee baseball strategy, pro scouting & acquisitions and major league advance.

Christian Hook has been promoted to Director, Pitching Evaluation. In his new role, Hook will work with stakeholders throughout baseball operations to drive comprehensive pitching evaluation across the Tigers organization. Hook joined the Tigers in 2022 from Driveline and has played a pivotal role in pitching evaluation and development efforts throughout the organization.

Brad Ciolek has been named Director, International Scouting. Ciolek joins the organization after serving as the senior director of amateur scouting for the Washington Nationals for the past two seasons. He previously spent 11 seasons with the Baltimore Orioles, where he worked in several leadership roles within their scouting departments, including Director of Draft Operations. As part of Ciolek’s appointment, Tom Moore will transition to Senior Advisor, International Operations. Moore will continue to play a critical role for the organization in several important areas, including the current Dominican Republic Academy construction project and staff development.

Theo Hooper has been named Assistant Director, Amateur Scouting. Hooper joins the organization after serving as major league staff assistant with the Texas Rangers for the past four seasons. He previously interned with the Rangers, Tampa Bay Rays, and Wareham Gatemen of the Cape Cod Summer League, and was a Student Assistant for the University of Tennessee Baseball program.