Justin Verlander was having his best outing of the spring on Friday before being forced to leave in the third inning with an arm cramp.
"The first couple were nice and easy," Verlander said, per MLive.com. "and then I threw a curveball and it just kind of felt like when I got extended that my tricep kind of grabbed on me a little bit. Then from that point on, the rest of the pitches I threw there was a similar feeling. When I got fully extended out, it just kind of felt crampy. It was weird. I've never really felt anything like that before. But it doesn't seem like anything serious."
On Saturday morning, Tigers manager Brad Ausmus said that there has "been no mention" of an MRI for Verlander, per MLive's James Schmehl. "They're still quantifying it as a cramp."
Ausmus added, "As of right now, I have no reason not to expect him to pitch in his next start."
Verlander is scheduled to do light tossing in the next day or two to see how he feels, Asmus said.