WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — Detroit Tigers manager Ron Gardenhire was discussing left-hander Tarik Skubal’s outing in Monday’s 2-1 loss to the Houston Astros. Skubal wasn’t terrible, but he wasn’t great.
Then Gardenhire said something as a reminder to everyone, and perhaps even himself, during the dizzying days of spring training’s unrelenting baseball schedule.
Skubal is a prospect. And he was making his first start of the spring against a team that’s coming off playing in the World Series.