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Justin Verlander 'ready to step on the gas'

Detroit Tigers starter Justin Verlander works out Thursday, Feb. 18, 2016, in Lakeland, Fla. Video by Anthony Fenech / DFP

The right-hander, who turns 33 Saturday, says he feels the best he's felt in years as he enters spring training healthy

LAKELAND, Fla. – He was back on the mound at Tiger Town, like he was ten years ago as a rookie. He was throwing hard. It felt like it used to feel.

It was, Justin Verlander said, normal.

“Normal hasn’t really been the status quo here the last few years,” he said.