— He thought he might’ve been tipping his pitches. He thought maybe he just caught a couple of hot offenses in his last two starts — the White Sox and Angels.
Either way, something wasn’t normal, that’s for sure. For the first time in his young career, Michael Fulmer had been tagged for five runs in two consecutive starts.
Turns out, the problem was shoulder inflammation. Fulmer complained of “a little pinching” in his right shoulder after he was lifted from his start last Thursday. He did not accompany the team to Boston. Instead, he had an MRI.