Kansas City, Mo. – The photo popped up Twitter last night. Tigers manager AJ Hinch estimated he got it sent to him about 5,000 times.
It was sent out by Kansas City-based @dadbodtee. It was a picture of Royals starting pitcher Jordan Lyles from Monday night, when he blanked the Tigers on three hits over six innings. The picture clearly shows a strip of sticky stuff on his left wrist.
“Yeah, there's definitely something there,” Tigers first baseman Spencer Torkelson said. “But that hasn't gone away. Guys are still doing that (using sticky stuff). He just happened to not get caught.