Despite taking the 3-0 loss to the Toronto Blue Jays on the road on Saturday, there is a lot to be optimistic about Spencer Turnbull’s 2019 debut performance. His four-seamer and power-sinker were operating with a lot of movement in the low-to-mid 90s. He offset those with his hard slider in the high-80s, and took his emerging 12-6 curveball a velocity notch lower, offering a fourth big punch. The Red Bull handled major league opposition very well for four of his first five innings — he just happened to get touched up a bit in the dreaded fourth, just like Matthew Boyd the day before.
Tigers’ Spencer Turnbull was solid in his 2019 season debut
