The Detroit Tigers announced on Saturday that starting pitcher Jordan Zimmermann has been shut down for forearm tightness, and will be placed on the 45-day injured list. Zimmermann will attempt to work through the problem via rehabilitation rather than surgery, and it’s not impossible that he could rejoin the team late in the season to provide some long relief. However, his tenure as a starter for the Detroit Tigers is over.
One player’s misfortune is, of course, another’s opportunity. Casey Mize has arguably looked like the best starter in Summer Camp action, and was already penciled in to make his debut in the second half of the pre-COVID 2020 schedule.