Clearwater, Fla. – Let’s not bury Michael Fulmer just yet.
After two rough starts, manager AJ Hinch wanted to change the scenery a bit, so he brought the right-handed Fulmer into the middle of the Tigers’ 5-3 spring win over the Phillies on Sunday.
Even though Fulmer has never pitched out of the bullpen in his big-league career, it worked like an elixir.
Fulmer blew through three scoreless innings -- the fourth, fifth and sixth -- in 39 masterfully-mixed pitches. He allowed one single, struck out three and got nine swings and misses.