Detroit Tigers prospect Isaac Paredes taking batting practice in Tiger Town during 2019 spring training. Anthony Fenech, Detroit Free Press
Free Press sports writer Anthony Fenech is chronicling his fifth spring training on the Tigers beat with Letters from Lakeland, which will be published every Monday morning this spring.
LAKELAND, Fla. — Dear Mom,
Writing to you has become my favorite part of the week, because it means another week of spring training has gone by. This week, I shaved, but left a mustache and it’s grown on me. The players made comments, but I remembered what Michael Fulmer said last year when he shaved his beard, and told every one of them, “I don’t know what you’re talking about.