(Photo: Chris O'Meara, Associated Press)
Lakeland, Fla. — The brace on his right leg was less noticeable Monday in Michael Fulmer’s second start of the spring — at least cosmetically. He was wearing custom-made baseball pants that were much roomier than the ones he usually wears.
You could hardly see the outline of the brace.
As for how much he noticed it during his three innings of work in the Tigers’ 9-5 Grapefruit League win over the Cardinals, that’s a different story.
Fulmer threw 49 pitches over three innings, giving up a long, party-deck home run to the first batter he faced — Kolten Wong — and then impressively worked himself out of trouble in the second and third innings.