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Tigers' Wilson back on his feet, ready to 'start fresh'

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Detroit — When last we saw Tigers right-hander Alex Wilson, he was seated on a couch in the Tigers clubhouse. His lower right leg was in a cast, a walking stick was at the ready and he wore a sad, exhausted look on his face.

“This is kind of like my season in a nutshell,” he said on that late September night. “I got skin cancer (on his nose), grinded through the second half of the season, my daughter (Rosie) broke her collarbone last night and I break my leg today — 2017 wasn’t real kind to me.