The Pirates got off to a hot start last year and then cooled right off. They are off to a hot start again this season. Once again, they will begin to cool off. On the surface, Perez's 2.45 ERA looks pretty good. He's only faced the Marlins and Nationals though and if we take a closer look, we find that he's got a 1.545 WHIP. Remember that Perez has been around a long time and that he had previously pitched in the American League his entire career. Washington and Miami weren't familiar with him but Detroit is!

Mize had been out for a long time so it was important that he get that first start out of the way. "I’m certainly proud to get back here. This is a good checkpoint, obviously, in a really long and tough process, and I’m proud of the work that I put in and people have done for me. I owe a lot of people a lot of thanks for getting me back to where I am, but I think it would be a disservice to them if I just took it all in and did it once or whatever. So got to keep going, got to keep pushing for more, and continue to get better. And I feel really good about being able to do that.” Mize outpitched Perez when the two opposed each other in the spring of 2021, the Tigers winning a 1-run game. Grab the extra +1.5 runs with Detroit on the Run-Line.