LAKELAND, Fla. — On Friday night, Detroit Tigers right-hander Michael Fulmer packed his bags and left the team's spring training facility. He went home to Oklahoma, where his wife, Kelsey, gave birth to their second child.
So much for Fulmer's start Monday against the New York Yankees in Tampa.
But don't worry. Fulmer, 27, will return soon, after going through another round of COVID-19 intake screening. Manager AJ Hinch expects him back in Lakeland early next week.
"He won't miss anything," Hinch said Saturday. "If we had not had that conversation about starting him early, you guys would think that I was starting him perfectly on time.