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Former Detroit Tigers right-hander Spencer Turnbull joked about his emotions in his return to Comerica Park.

“Zero emotions, whatsoever,” Turnbull said, smiling.

Turnbull, who is pitching for the Philadelphia Phillies this season after spending the first five seasons of his MLB career with the Tigers, is trying to stay focused on Wednesday’s start against his old team, but he knows it’s going to be different than any other start.

He wants to shove against the Tigers.

“I’m excited,” Turnbull said. “I’ll try not to put too much pressure on one game or whatever.

I don’t want to give much credit to a revenge tour or whatever.

I’m sure I’ll have some extra emotions and adrenaline.

I’ll try to have fun doing it, but I’ll try to block out the noise. It’ll feel different.”

Remember, Tigers president of baseball operations Scott Harris chose not to have Turnbull on the Tigers’ roster this season, rather than paying him a projected $2.4 million.

There was a lot of drama between Turnbull and Harris last season, which included Turnbull’s 7.26 ERA across seven starts, a request for a trade and injuries reversing two options to Triple-A Toledo to accrue additional MLB service time.

The saga finally ended last November when Harris declined to tender Turnbull a contract for the 2024 season, dumping him into free agency.