Clearwater, Fla. – After his struggles in his spring debut, Detroit Tigers left-hander Daniel Norris was on the back fields early the next morning with pitching coach Rich Dubee – no ball, no catcher, just pantomiming his delivery over and over.
“My back step, I needed to take that a tick down, that way I still have some momentum and carry with my (leg) lift,” Norris explained after a dominant second start Sunday in the Tigers’ 8-5 exhibition loss to the Phillies. “I don’t want to get too quick and get too side-to-side.”
That’s what was happening in his first start, a laborious 40-pitch, 1.