DETROIT — Like the good dealers in the casinos nearby, the Detroit Tigers and Arizona Diamondbacks are shuffling their cards for the remainder of the week.
Pitching cards that is.
Manager Brad Ausmus disclosed prior to Tuesday night’s game that right-hander Michael Fulmer, whose day to pitch on normal rest would have been Wednesday, will be pushed back to Saturday after he underwent an MRI for a right shoulder problem Friday.
The under-the-radar procedure revealed no structural damage but Fulmer was given a cortisone shot for shoulder bursitis.
“I can’t believe you guys not picking up that he wasn’t in Boston,” Ausmus chided Detroit writers.