LAKELAND, Fla. -- Justin Verlander's orange Lamborghini has been a presence in front of Joker Marchant Stadium this spring, so it figures that he'd use a car analogy for his first outing of the spring.
Asked about the effort he puts behind his pitches in an early spring game like Friday's 3-0 win over the Yankees, Verlander said it's a building process.
"Your arm's got to get broke in," Verlander said. "Every year, every Spring Training, it's like a new car. You don't take it off the lot and go 100 percent. You have to break it in a little bit.