Detroit — You take it for what it is. It’s live batting practice, at 10:30 on a Saturday morning with the temperature already climbing toward 90 degrees.
And he wasn’t necessarily facing a collection of big-league All-Stars — Isaac Paredes, Brady Policelli, Spencer Torkelson, Frank Schwindel, Riley Greene and Sergio Alcantara.
But, dang, that had to feel so good to Michael Fulmer — three innings, 45 pitches, lots of swings and misses and ugly hacks, no hard-hit balls.
“That’s probably the most polished I’ve felt out of all my rehab so far,” said Fulmer, who is working his way back from Tommy John surgery and hasn’t pitched in a big-league game since September of 2018.