Detroit Tigers sidearmer Nolan Blackwood faces Harold Castro in the intrasquad game on Sunday, July 12, 2020, at Comerica Park. Detroit Free Press
Jordan Zimmermann walked off the mound frustrated after his first inning on Sunday afternoon.
It was a familiar scene: Zimmermann, the veteran right-hander, has made far too many of these walks during his five seasons with the Detroit Tigers.
Once a power pitcher who would throw consistently deep into games, Zimmermann was bitten by the injury bug a month into the 2016 season — he was the American League Pitcher of the Month that April — and has often walked back to the dugout in the middle innings or earlier since.