Lakeland, Fla. — Daniel Norris beat thyroid cancer in the offseason, and now he’s going to start the season on the disabled list because of a freak training accident?
The world isn’t right.
“It sucks,” Norris said Friday morning. “I can’t even put into words how disappointed I am.”
Norris was expected to win a spot in the Tigers’ rotation this season, but on March 15, he slipped while doing box jumps in the weight room. He suffered hairline fractures in the L2, L3 and L4 on the spinous process — the bony projection off the back of each vertebra.