Detroit — When the shutdown came in early March, veteran reliever Alex Wilson packed up the RV he was living out of in Lakeland, Florida, and drove 18 hours back to his home in College Station, Texas.
That’s a lot of lonely miles for a 33-year-old relief pitcher at a career crossroads to contemplate his life.
A mainstay in the Tigers bullpen from 2015-18, Wilson spent most of the 2019 season in Triple-A with the Brewers and Cubs but was back in Tigers camp this spring as a non-roster invitee.
He knew coming in that it might be his last real chance to extend his big-league career.