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Detroit Tigers' Mike Fiers (back) likely to start season on DL

West Michigan Whitecaps brodcaster Dan Hasty will call two games this week for the Detroit Tigers. Video by George Sipple/DFP

LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. — If Detroit Tigers manager Ron Gardenhire had to guess, and that’s what he did in the dugout at Champion Field on Wednesday afternoon, right-handed pitcher Mike Fiers will start the season on the 10-day disabled list due to a lower back strain. Fiers suffered the injury during an early spring workout.

“We’re still working it,” Gardenhire said about Fiers, who missed a scheduled start on Tuesday due to the back soreness.