Eight days ago, in the first spring training game of the season, Parker Meadows tracked down a ball in deep center field and made a strong throw back to the infield. It looked like the kind of routine but impressive play the Detroit Tigers' center fielder makes all the time.

Tigers center fielder Parker Meadows, whose two-way play was a key component of Detroit’s late-season charge to the postseason last year, is dealing with a nerve issue in his upper right arm and remains sidelined with no set timetable for a return,