Detroit – You could just picture Tigers pitching coach Rick Anderson and manager Ron Gardenhire looking at each other during right-hander Jose Cisnero’s two perfect innings Saturday and nodding, as if to say, “That’s more like it.”
There are very few secured spots in the Tigers bullpen at this point, but Cisnero was supposed to have one of them. He fought his way back to the big leagues after a five-year hiatus to pitch in 35 games last year, featuring a 96-mph fastball with a spin rate (2,428 rpm) that ranked in the top 20 percent in baseball.