Detroit Tigers right-hander Casey Mize made his MLB debut in the 2020 season with Ron Gardenhire as his manager and Rick Anderson as his pitching coach.
Entering 2021, the No. 1 overall pick in the 2018 draft — ranked as the team's No. 2 prospect by MLB Pipeline — gets to develop under a new regime: manager AJ Hinch, pitching coach Chris Fetter and assistant pitching coach Juan Nieves.
After Hinch was hired Oct. 30, he reached out to the 23-year-old with a phone call.