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Late fade in '18 prompts Tigers closer Greene to take a new tack in spring training

(Photo: Robin Buckson, Detroit News)

Lakeland, Fla. — Shane Greene will look you in the eye and tell you, straight up, he wasn’t injured last season. Yes, he had to shut it down for 10 days last July with a dead arm, and sometimes the fingers on his pitching hand will still tingle and go numb, especially on cold days.

But that’s just residue from the neuritis he’s dealt with since 2015. That had nothing to do with his rocky ride last season.

“Just fatigue,” he said Friday after throwing his first bullpen of the spring.