One very bad, no good inning sank the Detroit Tigers in their road matchup against the Toronto Blue Jays on Friday. Their record falls to 2-4, but hey it’s Spring Training so no one cares.
The point is get into game shape, and key rotation member Reese Olson made his first start of spring camp in this one. His command wasn’t that sharp, but most notably the right-hander sat 96 mph throughout his two innings of work. That’s pretty close to peak velocity for Olson in his prior two seasons. Probably he was airing it out knowing he was only going to pitch two innings, but that’s still a positive sign for his first outing.