Detroit Tigers hire Chicago Blackhawks executive Jeff Greenberg as their general manager.
The Detroit Tigers have hired a new general manager.
Scott Harris, president of baseball operations, selected Jeff Greenberg, an associate general manager of the NHL’s Chicago Blackhawks, as his GM after leading the Tigers without a GM for a year. The Tigers hired Greenberg on Thursday morning.
Greenberg, 37, has spent the last 16 months with the Blackhawks after previously playing for the Chicago Cubs for 11 seasons. Harris and Greenberg spent several years in the Cubs executive office, rising through the ranks under Theo Epstein and Jed Hoyer.
Greenberg will report to Harris in Detroit. Greenberg formerly worked as the Cubs’ pro scouting director, baseball operations director, and assistant general manager.
He began his front-office career with the Cubs in 2011, the same year Harris did.
Kyle Davidson, the Blackhawks’ general manager, issued the following statement:
“We will miss Jeff’s expertise and appreciate his contributions to the Blackhawks,” stated Davidson. “We all wish him and his family the best of luck with this fantastic opportunity with the Detroit Tigers.” Our Hockey Operations department is filled with outstanding executives, and I have complete faith in that group to continue working toward our long-term success goals. The processes and mechanisms to build our team on the ice are in place off the rink. I’m excited to continue that adventure with our group.”
“I’m thrilled to add an executive of Jeff’s quality to our baseball operations leadership team,” Harris said Thursday in a statement. “Throughout this search, it was important for me to find someone who can fit seamlessly into the future we’re building here. I also wanted to bring someone with a fresh perspective and ideas that could challenge us daily and make us all the better as we strive to bring postseason baseball back to Detroit.”
