DETROIT (AP) The Detroit Tigers hired Ron Gardenhire to be their manager - and that may be the most newsworthy thing they do for a while.

With the managerial opening filled, the rest of the rebuilding process now resumes, and patience will be of the essence. General manager Al Avila made it clear the Tigers won't be trying to spend their way back into contention.

"Free agency is going to be a little different this year than we've been accustomed to in the past," Avila said Friday after Gardenhire was introduced . "Kind of like bargain looking - I guess you can call it that. You may not see a free agent signing until maybe late January."