"We clicked immediately," Faedo said.
DeRouin, a 23-year-old community college dropout, is the Tigers' new rehab pitching coordinator. He serves as a conduit for information passed from pitching coach Chris Fetter and assistant pitching coach Robin Lund to pitchers recovering from injuries at the spring training facility.
All three of them played a key role in fixing the former No. 18 overall pick.
After the Tigers drafted Faedo in 2017, former coaches in the organization feared an injury in the future, so they instructed him to raise his arm slot. Turns out, the new coaches have rebuked the advice from the old player development regime six years ago.