Casey Mize remains one of the top prospects in all of baseball heading into the 2021 season.
The former Auburn standout and current Detroit Tigers right-hander is ranked the No. 11 overall prospect by MLB.com and the second-ranked prospect in the Tigers organization.
Getting a taste of the Majors in 2020 with seven starts, Mize posted a 6.99 ERA with 26 strikeouts over 28 1/3 innings. That followed a season in the Minor Leagues in which he quickly moved from Class A Advanced Lakeland to Double A Erie, where he threw a no-hitter in his debut for the Seawolves.
The first overall pick in the 2018 MLB draft, Mize enjoyed his best season on the Plains as a junior in 2017 when he went 8-2 with a 2.04 ERA and 109 strikeouts in 83 2/3 innings. As a senior the following year, he fanned 156 batters over 114 2/3 frames while posting a 3.30 ERA in 17 starts.