Casey Mize sat in his Detroit condo with his wife Saturday watching the Detroit Tigers take their 19th straight loss to the Cleveland Indians when his phone rang.
The call came from vice president of player development Dave Littlefield.
They discussed what was happening in the game for about 30 seconds, and then Littlefield delivered the news sent from general manager Al Avila.
"I'm going to cut to the chase," Littlefield said. "You're going to travel with the team tomorrow night, be placed on the taxi squad and you're going to pitch on Wednesday.