Lakeland, Fla. – You kept waiting for the punch line. You kept waiting for manager Ron Gardenhire’s face to crack into that impish grin of his. But it never happened.
“I am not kidding you,” he said. “I’m being serious.”
Gardenhire announced his Opening Day starter Saturday following the Tigers’ 9-3 exhibition win over the Yankees.
“Jordan Zimmermann is going to start on Opening Day,” he said.
If you had bet on Michael Fulmer, considered to be the ace of the Tigers’ rotation, to get the ball on March 29 against the Pirates — like probably 99.