The six-man squad the Tigers sent to the All-Star Game is shocking on many fronts: the Tigers are the team with the most All-Stars in all of baseball; Javy Báez is an All-Star; Zach McKinstry is an All-Star; and Casey Mize is an All-Star.
All three had been written off by Tigers fans years ago, but there was a certain, unique weight that had been placed on Mize. Báez had one of Detroit's most lucrative contracts ever to justify, but Mize was the first overall draft selection in 2018. He, along with 2020 first overall pick Spencer Torkelson, have notoriously struggled to make the Tigers look like good decision makers when it comes to the draft.