Detroit — It’s not that John Schreiber took anything for granted. He didn’t presume that just because he got to the big leagues last season and produced 19 strikeouts with four walks in 13 innings that his role in the Tigers’ bullpen was a lock for 2020.
He knew he’d have to fight to keep it. He knew staying in the big leagues was a much tougher task than getting to the big leagues. And he worked as hard, if not harder, this offseason. But somewhere between striking out the side in Chicago on the final day of the season last year and the first day of pitchers-and-catchers in Lakeland in February, things got out of whack.