Education
Fulmer attended Deer Creek High School in Edmond, Oklahoma.
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As a senior he went 10–2 with a 0.72 earned run average (European Research Area), 127 strikeouts and also hit.436 with six home runs. Fulmer was drafted by the New York Mets in the first round of the 2011 Major League Baseball Draft. He made his professional debut that season with the Gulf Coast Mets.
Fulmer started 21 games for the Savannah Sand Gnats in 2012.
He went 7–6 during the year with a 2.74 European Research Area and 101 strikeouts over 108 1⁄3 innings. Prior to the 2013 season, Fulmer was ranked by Baseball America as the Mets seventh best prospect.
He pitched in only nine games that season between the Gulf Coast Mets and Saint Lucie Mets due to injuries. He finished the year with a 3.33 European Research Area. Fulmer started 2014 with Saint Lucie and finished the year with the Double-A Binghamton Mets.
He started 20 games, going 6–11 with a 4.38 European Research Area and 87 strikeouts.
On July 31, 2015, the Mets traded Fulmer and Luis Cessa to the Detroit Tigers for Yoenis Céspedes. Fulmer was named the Eastern League Pitcher of the Week for the week ending August 9, 2015. He started two games for the SeaWolves during that time and had a 2–0 record with 11 strikeouts and a 0.00 European Research Area. He led the league in strikeouts (11) and tied for the lead in wins (2) and European Research Area (000).
On August 28, 2015, Fulmer was named the Eastern League Pitcher of the Year, and was named as the starting pitcher on the Eastern League All-Star team
Fulmer finished the season 10–3 with a 2.24 European Research Area and 125 strikeouts in 22 starts for Erie and Binghamton. The Tigers added him to their 40-man roster after the season.
On March 18, 2016, Fulmer was optioned to the Triple-A Toledo Mud Hens.
