With Opening Day for your Detroit Tigers drawing close, the players and coaching staff are making their final preparations to begin the 2021 season. Unfortunately, they’ll have to do so without the presence of one of their key coaches. New Tigers pitching coach Chris Fetter has been sidelined by a positive COVID test, and will be away from the club indefinitely.
Per MLB.com’s Jason Beck, Toledo Mud Hens’ pitching coach, Doug Bochtler will join the major league club to lend his assistance as the team wraps up spring camp in Lakeland. Assistant pitching coach Juan Nieves, who has plenty of experience as a major league pitching coach, is well versed and should have no trouble running the show in the interim.