With nine games left in the Grapefruit League calendar, the competition for the last two spots in the Detroit Tigers rotation is now pretty straightforward. Tarik Skubal, Jack Flaherty, and Reese Olson are the locks right now. Casey Mize, Keider Montero, and top pitching prospect Jackson Jobe will have a few more opportunities to make their case over the final week and a half of the preseason.
Right now, Casey Mize certainly appears to have the inside track. Things are going about as well as you’d hope in the former top pitching prospect’s second year back after UCL reconstruction.