Can Detroit Really Cruise to an Easy Win in Game 1, or Is a Shocking Upset Brewing?

Detroit is surprisingly great so far this season. If you looked at the team last year, the overwhelming opinion was that they were a good pitching staff, but didn’t have enough hitting to get it done. I can say with certainty that was my thought on them. They had the Cy Young and some other good arms, but the offense wasn’t going to carry them all the way to a World Series. It is still too early to anoint them as World Series winners, and it is more unlikely than likely that they make it that far, but this is a surprisingly well-balanced team. The pitching staff is good, and the offense is playing better than it has in recent years. One guy I’ve liked backing on the staff is Casey Mize. Mize will toe the rubber in Colorado to close out Game 1 of today’s double-header. Mize got us our first multi-unit win the other day against the Angels. It wasn’t his best performance – seven innings, seven hits, two homers, and four earned runs, but the result was what I was looking for. Rockies hitters are hitting .333 against him in just 12 at-bats, so not much you can take from those stats. 

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