Tigers pitcher Michael Fulmer will make three more starts before the end of the 2016 regular season, manager Brad Ausmus confirmed following the club's 8-1 blowout loss to the Minnesota Twins on Tuesday night at Comerica Park.

That means that the 23-year-old phenom, a front-runner for American League Rookie of the Year, will not have any of his remaining starts skipped over as the club continues to monitor his workload and innings. He will, however, receive extra rest.

Fulmer (10-6, 2.76 ERA) said the plan had not been communicated to him but that he was on board with whatever the organization deemed best with the Tigers fighting for a wild-card playoff spot.

"I'll pitch whenever they tell me to," Fulmer told ESPN.com. "I'm not going to argue with [Ausmus]."

Fulmer admitted that pitching on extra rest, which he has done on multiple occasions coming out of the All-Star break, was a better scenario than having any of his starts skipped entirely.

"It's a lot more preferable being pushed back a few days versus being skipped in the rotation," Fulmer said, though he said nothing was etched in stone yet. "It all depends on who I'm pitching and how I'm feeling. Right now I'm feeling great and hopefully that continues on Friday and I get us a [win]."

Fulmer has pitched 143.2 innings so far in the majors -- on top of the 15.1 innings pitched in Triple-A prior to his recall. He pitched 124.2 innings in 2015.