Detroit Tigers pitching coach Rick Anderson put his arm around Tarik Skubal in the dugout Tuesday night after the 23-year-old rookie struggled in his major league debut.
It looked like a father talking to a son who fell off his bike and skinned his knee.
Anderson’s body language was easy to read: It was a rough start, not the debut you wanted, but it’s over. You can breathe again and relax. You made some mistakes but you can learn from this. You threw some good pitches and that’s what you have to remember.