Detroit — A smile spread across Casey Mize’s face.

Not what you’d expect in the midst of this horrific slide the Tigers have found themselves on this month. He was asked how the group, collectively, was holding up through it all.

“I think of our group. as frustrating as it’s been, as annoying and tough as it’s been at times, I smile just because I see how these guys operate every day and I love them for it,” Mize said. “AJ (Hinch) has done a really good job of instilling in our culture that our goal is to win today’s game. We go about our process. We prepare very well and compete really hard.

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