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Tigers' Jordy Mercer ready to bring leadership, contact hitting to Detroit

Who will start for the Detroit Tigers in 2019 after their offseason acquisitions Ryan Ford and Anthony Fenech, Detroit Free Press

Jordy Mercer, the Detroit Tigers’ new shortstop, has one connection on the team already.

He has met Michael Fulmer just once, but both players hail from Oklahoma and belong to the same church just outside Oklahoma City.

And just days after signing a one-year deal with the team, Mercer might be in the market to re-connect with Fulmer — both to learn about his new team and his faucets.