Detroit Tigers top prospect right-handed pitcher Casey Mize faces live hitters at Comerica Park, July 6, 2020. Detroit Free Press
Detroit Tigers right-handed pitcher Kyle Funkhouser hit a low point in his career when the coronavirus nixed spring training this March.
Or maybe that was his saving grace. He was coming off a dreadful performance last season in Triple-A Toledo, where he had an 8.53 ERA in 63u2153 innings over 18 starts. Mechanical changes made in the offseason quickly dissolved. Old habits returned. Stuck in a seemingly endless cycle of trial and error, Funkhouser felt lost.