Lakeland, Fla. — Julio Teheran and Jose Urena knew there was a group of elite starting pitching prospects knocking on the big-league door when they signed with the Tigers this offseason. And as well as Casey Mize and Tarik Skubal have pitched this spring, you couldn’t blame either of them if they were hearing footsteps.
The thing about proud veteran players, though, they don’t concede or recede without a fight.
“I love it,” Urena said. “I feel pretty happy when I see those guys. They’re out there, they’re hunting, man. They do the workouts, the pre-workouts and whatever they do, they do it with a purpose.