Detroit — The two veteran starting pitchers the Tigers hoped would anchor their rotation — Michael Fulmer and Jordan Zimmermann — have combined to make 47 starts this season. They are 10-20 in those starts personally, while the Tigers are 15-32.
Extreme failure to launch there.
Both had month-long stints on the disabled list. Both showed flashes of top-of-the-rotation form, but no sustained consistency. Both fell well short of their own, and certainly the Tigers’, expectations.
Fulmer’s season is likely over after an MRI Monday showed meniscus damage in his right knee.