DETROIT -- Mark Lowe insists his arm feels healthy, which should be a relief for him. But it also makes the struggles all the more perplexing.
"I feel great," the Tigers' reliever said Sunday morning. "That's the most frustrating part. Just gonna have to grind it out and take the punches and keep getting back up and trying again."
Six months ago, Lowe signed a two-year, $11 million contract to serve as the Tigers' setup man, riding the momentum of a dominant season between Seattle and Toronto. Now, he's trying to find that form again, and he's pitching in some lower-leverage situations until then.