Rondon's road to redemption starts today

(Photo: Robin Buckson, Detroit News)Bradenton, Fla. — Six months after he was banished by the Tigers, Bruce Rondon was on tap Wednesday to pitch for them. In a big-league game.

Rondon, 25, who probably isn’t among the 50 most popular Detroit Tigers players with a fan base that has become fed up with his misadventures, was among Tigers pitchers slated to work against the Pirates in Wednesday’s game against the Pirates at McKechnie Field.

Rondon has an arm and a brand of bullpen fury that could, or perhaps should, make him a force strong enough to close big-league games. But two years after he had Tommy John surgery, and a half-season after the Tigers ordered him home to Venezuela because of…