Detroit — With three starting pitchers from the Opening Day roster on the injured list and a congested schedule the next couple weeks, the door was opened for one of the Tigers’ young arms to get his major league chance.
That opportunity came in the second game of Wednesday’s doubleheader and went to right-hander Alex Faedo, the 2017 first-round pick who made his long-awaited MLB debut against the Pirates. But when Faedo went to the manager’s office on Tuesday in Triple-A Toledo, he didn’t have an inkling that he was going to be called up.
“I wasn't really expecting anything like that, so it was a complete surprise,” said Faedo, whose climb to Detroit was stalled by Tommy John surgery in 2020.