Probables: Friday — RHP Brandon Young (0-0. 6.75) vs. RHP Casey Mize (3-1, 2.22); Saturday — RHP Charlie Morton (0-5, 10.89) vs. RHP Jackson Jobe (2-0, 2.70); Sunday — RHP Dean Kremer (2-3, 6.84) vs. LHP Tarik Skubal (2-2, 2.83).
Scouting report
Young, Orioles: Undrafted out of Louisiana-Lafayette, the 6-6 Texan made his big-league debut on Saturday, allowing three runs in four innings against the Reds. He has a four-pitch mix — 94-mph four-seamer, cutter, curveball and slider. He lingered in High A and Double A for two years before breaking out last year, posting 132 strikeouts and just 37 walks in 111 innings between Double A and Triple A.
Mize, Tigers: Hitters are 7 for 52 (.134) combined against his four-seam fastball and splitter. And against the split, which he is throwing between 88 and 90 mph with 3 inches of induced vertical break and 14.5 inches of arm-side run, they are whiffing at a 37% clip. He’s holding hitters to a .182 average and .560 OPS and has allowed just four extra base hits, three of them homers.
I think the two Montero starts allowed Hinch to adjust the rotation and give Jobe another extra day. I’m curious if Jobe is on any type of inning limits for this season.
If memory serves I don’t believe he has logged a ton of innings in his minor league career.
Nearly an entire pitching staff is on their injured list with Grayson Rodriguez, Zach Eflin, Tyler Wells, Kyle Bradish, Chayce McDermott, Albert Suarez, Andrew Kittredge and Cody Poteet all sidelined.
Good luck overcoming that. And old man Charlie Morton is cooked… 10 plus ERA. Dude is freaken my age. Lol