DJ LeMahieu isn’t doing it for the money.
LeMahieu, a four-time Gold Glove winner, three-time All-Star and two-time batting champion in a 15-year major-league career, is coming home to a Metro Detroit dugout near you. On Wednesday, he was named the new manager of the
This marks the first coaching job for LeMahieu, who hit .289 with 126 RBIs and 663 RBIs in his major-league career. He won a batting title with the Rockies in 2016 (.348) and with the Yankees in the COVID-shortened 2020 season (.364). Mostly a second baseman in his career, LeMahieu battled injuries in 2024 and 2025, before his release.
LeMahieu also owns the Stevens Complex, a baseball training facility in Troy that is home to his old high-school team, Brother Rice, for whom he was a two-time Gatorade player of the year. The Tigers drafted him in the 41st round of the 2007 MLB Draft, but he went to LSU, leading the Tigers to the 2009 College World Series title.
The Northwoods League is made up of 26 teams, including eight in the Great Lakes East Division. The division features the Leprechauns and three other teams in Michigan, in Kalamazoo, Battle Creek and Traverse City.
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