“He has a great curveball, a devastating curveball, and in the fall we tried to put a slider in his hand,” Childress said. “And a lot of times when you try to throw two breaking balls, you end up with ...

Detroit — Spencer Torkelson has been a front-row witness to so many of Jack Flaherty’s crimes against hitters the last two seasons, he can almost predict an outcome after a couple of pitches. Like ...