Detroit Tigers right-hander Franklin Perez didn't get injured in the 2020 season.
That alone is a positive sign.
Since coming to the Tigers in 2017 as the top-rated Houston Astros prospectin the Justin Verlander deal, Perez has pitched just 27 innings.
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A right lat strain in March 2018 kept him from pitching until June. Shoulder inflammation shut him down after seven starts and a 6.