Casey Mize is using three different variations of his slider and he threw his splitter so hard on Sunday that Statcast’s pitch tracker nearly gave up trying to classify it. That was music to Mize’s ears.

It’s probably the biggest question left for the Detroit Tigers ahead of Opening Day. Who will be the No. 5 starter? On paper, it’s actually a four-man race for the final two spots. But it feels like Jackson Jobe is closer to a lock than a demotion,

Three right-handed pitchers from the Detroit Tigers seem to be emerging as frontrunners for one spot: Kenta Maeda, Casey Mize and Keider Montero.

This is a 2025 photo of Casey Mize of the Detroit Tigers baseball team. This image reflects the Tigers active roster as of Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2025, when this image

Casey Mize will start the Detroit Tigers' first road exhibition game of the Grapefruit League season. Mize will pitch on Sunday in Tampa against the New York Yankees. Manager A.J. Hinch previously announced that Kenta Maeda would start Saturday’s opener in Lakeland against the Philadelphia Phillies.

Mize has never been more than a serviceable back-end starter so far in his career, while Maeda has a pretty long track record of being much more than that. Before last season, Maeda had 866.1 career innings with a 3.92 ERA, 1.14 WHIP, and 9.9 strikeouts per nine.

If you’ve followed baseball for any length of time, you’ve probably heard the term “options” thrown around. Maybe you’ve read about a player getting “optioned” to the minors or heard that someone is “out of options.

Three right-handed pitchers from the Detroit Tigers seem to be emerging as frontrunners for one spot: Kenta Maeda, Casey Mize and Keider Montero.

What are we to do on the first off day of Tigers spring camp but to try to assess where the roster stands? Draw conclusions at your own peril.

Mize struck out three in two scoreless innings, and Dingler added a home run in the Tigers' 4-0 victory over the Yankees.

Casey Mize was once where fellow Tigers starter Jackson Jobe is now, a top pitching prospect across baseball with all the ingredients for stardom. It wasn’t that long ago. "Certainly I’m familiar with where he’s at in his career,

The Detroit Tigers got another strong spring training start from one of their presumptive main pitchers in the rotation. After encouraging signs from Tarik Skub