LAKELAND, Fla. — Detroit Tigers right-hander Spencer Turnbull, in the conversation for the Opening Day starter, has left the team's spring training facility and entered quarantine because of COVID-19 protocols.
"He's unavailable at this point," manager AJ Hinch said Friday. "He's not at the facility today, and he won't be here for the coming days. By no wrongdoing of his own, either. He didn't break a protocol or anything like that.
"We're adhering to the protocols put in front of us, and he can't come to the complex right now."
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Hinch didn't give further information, but he mentioned Turnbull is not allowed to enter the team's complex — including the backfields — at this point.