Detroit News' Chris McCosky and Tigers manager Ron Gardenhire on Tigers first full squad workout at spring training in Lakeland on Feb. 17, 2020. The Detroit News
Lakeland, Fla. – How’s this for self-imposed pressure?
When reliever John Schreiber showed up in Lakeland last spring he was still 24, entering his age-25 season, and had been in the Tigers’ system all of three years. And yet, in his mind, it was do-or-die.
If I don’t make it to the big leagues this year, he told himself, I’m done.