Erie, Pa. — Somewhere, there’s a pool containing the names Beau Burrows and Alex Faedo.
Those who come closest to a date when each pitcher makes his first start for the Tigers will, it can be presumed, win a wad of cash, however meager.
When, though, will either Burrows or Faedo make it to Comerica Park and end the suspense?
It probably happens in 2019. But likely not early. Not until, perhaps, the Tigers need a spot-starter and, as happened with Justin Verlander in 2005, they reach into their farm rotation to pluck either right-hander, both of whom are past first-round draft picks.