Detroit — Manager AJ Hinch saw Casey Mize in the clubhouse on Sunday.
“I was thinking about something,” Hinch told him. “You’re going to be the last player on the roster to play.”
Mize, who recalled the story Monday morning with a chuckle, just looked down and said, “I don’t know how I feel about that, AJ. It’s OK. It is what it is. It does feel like it’s been a while. I feel like I could’ve pitched three days ago.”
Mize, the first overall pick in the draft back in 2018, certainly isn’t accustomed to going last, or being No.