Tigers manager Jim Leyland outlined his starting rotation for when Detroit begins playing again after the All-Star break, the Detroit Free Press reports Sunday.
Leyland will give the ball to Anibal Sanchez to face the Royals in Kansas City Friday. Sanchez will be followed to the hill by Justin Verlander and Doug Fister. Max Scherzer and Rick Porcello will then pitch the first two games in the next series in Chicago.
"You have to have some sense of order," Leyland said when asked why he set the rotation that way. "Sanchez should be pretty fresh. Verlander will get extra time. They’ll all get extra time now."