There weren’t many bright spots where the 2019 Detroit Tigers were concerned, but Daniel Norris was certainly one of them. After two seasons plagued by injury in which he threw just 170 innings total, the fact that he was able to make 29 starts and rack up 144 1⁄3 innings with league average results was a distinct improvement. Also encouraging was a fairly emphatic finish to stoke embers of hope that the 26-year-old’s best days are still ahead of him.
Norris, along with Matthew Boyd and Michael Fulmer, remains in a peculiar position on the Tigers’ roster.