Detroit — Make no mistake, Drew VerHagen is living his best life right now.
VerHagen, who has pitched in parts of the last six seasons for the Tigers, is taking his mid-90s fastballs and Bugs Bunny curveball east — Far East. The 29-year-old right-hander signed a one-year deal with the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters of Japan’s Nippon Professional Baseball League.
“It sounds like they are going to give me a great opportunity to start,” VerHagen said from Cancun, Mexico, where he is vacationing.