Detroit — Breaking news: Alex Faedo is a left-hander.
Seriously.
"I write with my left hand, eat with my left hand, kick with my left foot," said Faedo, one of the Tigers' highly acclaimed pitching prospects. "I don't really do much with my right arm. Maybe I should be a lefty."
Faedo, of course, does one thing with his right arm — he pitches.
Nor has he ever really tried throwing left-handed, even though his dad was his coach growing up, and as the old adage goes, "Teach your kids to grow up to be left-handed.