Aside from numerous trades and departures of past stars, significant injuries hit the 2017 Detroit Tigers team. Projections state this year’s team will win 63 to 68 games. The predictions will, undoubtedly, hold true if Tiger stars do not recover from past injuries.
One such concern centers around the health of starting pitcher Daniel Norris.
Daniel Norris
Since August of 2015, Norris has been struggling with a variety of injuries to his back, hip, oblique and quadriceps muscles.
In 2017, Norris saw career highs in games, innings pitched and strikeouts. He also experienced an increase in ERA, WHIP and batting average against.