Lakeland, Fla. — Not often can you fast-forward a full year to Tigers spring camp.
But already one can get a bead on the 2019 storyline.
It will have to do, mostly, with starting pitchers who have a chance to head north as rotation regulars.
And one of those auditioning for full-time work next March in Florida could easily be a Texan and right-hander named Beau Burrows.
He has been following this methodical timeline since the Tigers made him their top pick in 2015.
First, the Gulf Coast League that summer of 2015 after he had been drafted out of Weatherford (Texas) High.