Detroit Tigers right-hander Michael Fulmer just wants some time away from baseball.
For a pitcher who went 22 months without making a big-league appearance due to knee surgery and Tommy John surgery, that might not make much sense. But he started his rehabilitation throwing program Nov. 11, 2019, roughly seven months after his surgery.
He is now in his 10th month of pitching.
"I'm one of the few guys in MLB, probably baseball in general, to not have any real time off during this quarantine that we had earlier this year," Fulmer said Friday after the Tigers' 1-0 loss to Cleveland at Comerica Park.