Detroit — The drill had just started. It was four hours before game time and Harold Castro, who was in the Tigers’ original starting lineup at third base Wednesday, was doing early work on the field with the other infielders.
Suddenly he started shaking out his right hand, drawing the attention first of Niko Goodrum and others, then infield coaches Ramon Santiago and Chip Hale, who eventually escorted him off the field and down to the trainer’s room.
“He has a little hand soreness,” manager AJ Hinch said. “We’re getting him checked out by the doctors.