Casey Mize

Bats R Throws R6'3" 212 lbBorn 1997 Springville, USADebut 2020Team DET1x All-StarDraft 2018 R1 #1 Detroit Tigers, AuburnContract 1 y/$6.15M (26) 2026: $1,808,824

Projections

Season	BF	K%	BB%	HR%	1B%	XBH%	PITCH+
2026	500	21.1	6.2	3.27	21.5	6.61	98.5
2027							98.7
2028							98.1

Projected rates are per plate appearance or batter faced; counting stats scale with projected playing time. Statcast measurements inform these projections as inputs and are reported as measurements, not projected.

Most similar through age 28

His ten closest age-28 comparables averaged 91 PITCH+ the next season; 10 of 10 played. Averages cover only the players who got a next season, which is why the played count matters.

#	Player	Through	PITCH+ then	Next season	Next PA / BF
1	Trevor Williams	2020	98.4	90.8	405
2	Wei-Yin Chen	2014	98.9	99.0	792
3	Wandy Rodriguez	2007	96.4	104.9	587
4	Dane Dunning	2023	97.8	86.4	421
5	Steven Matz	2019	98.6	62.5	142
6	Bud Norris	2013	95.2	97.7	687
7	Edinson Volquez	2012	96.8	86.6	777
8	James Kaprielian	2022	96.6	85.8	280
9	Wade Miley	2015	98.9	91.5	711
10	Paul Maholm	2010	96.8	101.2	687

Batting

Year	Team	G	PA	RBI	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	HIT+
2025	DET	28	0	0	0	0
2024	DET	22	0	0	0	0
2022	DET	2	0	0	0	0
2021	DET	30	3	1	1	1	0.000	0.333	0.000	0.333	50.2
2020	DET	7	0	0	0	0
Career		89	3	1	1	1	0.000	0.333	0.000	0.333	50.2

Pitching

Year	Team	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	BF	HR	BB	SO	PITCH+
2027 proj									500				98.7
2026*									408				116.4	100.6	117.0
2025	DET	14	6	3.87	28	28	0	149.0	627	21	36	139	99.9	96.7	96.6
2024	DET	2	6	4.49	22	20	0	102.3	452	11	29	78	92.4	99.9	92.4
2022	DET	0	1	5.40	2	2	0	10.0	45	1	2	4	81.4	98.7	80.0
2021	DET	7	9	3.71	30	30	0	150.3	612	24	41	118	101.8	100.5	102.2
2020	DET	0	3	6.99	7	7	0	28.3	133	7	13	26	87.7	107.4	95.1
Career		23	25	4.19	89	87	0	440.0	1869	64	121	365	97.4		96.9

Statcast

Year	PA	EV	LA	Barrel%	HardHit%	Whiff%	Chase%	xBA	xSLG	xwOBA	Sprint
2021	3	83.7	-32.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.030	0.034	0.249

Fielding

Year	Team	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Runs saved
2025	DET	P	28	149	5	7	1	1	0.923	-2.5
2024	DET	P	22	102	6	14	0	4	1.000	-0.0
2022	DET	P	2	10	0	3	0	0	1.000	-0.1
2021	DET	P	30	150	9	17	1	1	0.963	+0.3
2020	DET	P	7	28	0	5	0	0	1.000	+1.2

Runs saved covers the Statcast era; for catchers it includes framing.

Minor leagues

Year	Level	Team	Side	PA / BF	Line	AVG / ERA
2024	AAA	Toledo Mud Hens	Pit	54	13.2 IP, 31% K	2.73
2019	AA	Erie SeaWolves	Pit	323	78.2 IP, 24% K	3.22
2019	A+	Lakeland Flying Tigers	Pit	107	30.2 IP, 28% K	0.89
2018	A+	Lakeland Flying Tigers	Pit	48	11.2 IP, 21% K	4.82

Splits

Year	vs LHP	vs RHP	Home	Away
2021		0.233		0.233

wOBA by split, from pitch level data, 2015 on. For pitchers the split is the batter side faced.

Postseason pitching

Year	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	SO	WHIP
2025	0	0	3.00	2	2	0	6.0	3	1	4	7	1.17
Career	0	0	3.00	2	2	0	6.0	3	1	4	7	1.17