(Photo: Robin Buckson, Detroit News)
Lakeland, Fla. — We learned this about Spencer Turnbull last September, when he made his four-game, big-league audition with the Tigers.
The lanky Alabaman may look like a picture of tranquility on the mound, but there is a torrent of emotion roiling inside of him.
“It’s easier to look even-keeled,” he said with a smile. “It’s a lot harder to keep it inside.”
Turnbull’s placid spring has turned a bit more anxious this past week with the news that Michael Fulmer’s surgically-repaired right knee might not be ready by the time the Tigers break camp next week.