The Detroit Tigers and Cleveland Guardians are about to get started in their American League Wild Card series , and to no one's surprise, Detroit will give the ball to Tarik Skubal in Game 1.

After that, it'll be Casey Mize in Game 2, who will either try to keep Detroit's season alive or pitch them into the ALDS. This comes after the Tigers left Mize off their postseason roster last year.

The snub, Mize said, was a motivating factor .

“It fueled a lot of my offseason work and the things I wanted to do to get better to never let that happen again,” Mize said, via Cody Stavenhagen of The Athletic.

It worked. Mize produced his best season since 2021, going 14-6 with a 3.87 ERA and 1.268 WHIP. Even better, he has a 2.08 ERA in 17.1 innings over three starts against the Guardians th

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