CHICAGO ― Scott Harris demands his pitchers dominate the strike zone. Now, then, you know why the Tigers’ front-office chief was so intrigued to add Chris Paddack in a trade with the Minnesota Twins last month.

Paddack has put on a strike-throwing clinic since joining the Tigers. In his three starts, he’s thrown nearly 72% of his pitches for strikes, including 71% in Monday night’s 2-1 win over the Chicago White Sox at Rate Field.

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It didn’t take Harris to convince him to go after hitters. He got that lesson from a high-school coach back in Texas.

“You know, as pitchers, I feel like there’s very few things that we can control,” Paddack said in the visiting clubhouse late Monday night, following the Tigers’ second straight win ― a win that was delayed more than an hour i

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