Tigers' Bruce Rondon: Will be monitored during WBC

The Tigers will be watching Rondon's velocity when he pitches for Venezuela in the World Baseball Classic, MLB.com reports.

In his last outing Sunday, Rondon was sitting around 93-95 mph with his fastball. That's not bad for a lot of pitchers, but Rondon has shown he can get higher on the radar gun. "He's got it in him to throw 100 [mph]," Tigers manager Brad Ausmus said, "and maybe he's just kind of easing himself into it now and doesn't want to let the air out of it too early, but it wouldn't shock me if he got into a game with some adrenaline in him and went up a tick or more." It's not unusual for pitchers to ramp up slowly during spring training, so expect Rondon to add velocity in the coming weeks.