Detroit — Daniel Norris is down to his last five or six starts in 2019, and he’s not likely to pitch more than three innings in any of those starts because of limits imposed by Tigers pitching coach Rick Anderson.
Not that Norris is attacking these starts any differently, mind you. He was asked if he is taking more of a reliever’s mindset into games now, knowing he won’t be going past three innings.
“You’d think so,” Norris said. “But in my head, I’m going in like maybe he will surprise me and let me go five.