Detroit Tigers pitcher Casey Mize has been added to the American League roster for the MLB All-Star Game.

The former Springville High School and Auburn standout fills the spot left vacant when Boston Red Sox pitcher Garrett Crochet pulled out of the game. Major League Baseball announced the change on Friday. Crochet is tied for the MLB lead in innings pitched this season and is starting for Boston on Saturday against the Tampa Bay Rays.

The 95th MLB All-Star Game is scheduled for 7 p.m. CDT Tuesday at Truist Park in Atlanta. FOX will televise the game.

Mize has a 9-2 record with a 2.63 earned-run average in 15 starts for the Tigers this season ahead of his scheduled start on Saturday against the Seattle Mariners. In 85.2 innings, Mize has struck out 73 while yielding 80 hits and 21 walks.

Mize becomes the eighth former Auburn player selected for the MLB All-Star Game.

A member of the National Baseball Hall of Fame, first baseman Frank Thomas has the most selections among Auburn alumni with five. He represented the Chicago White Sox at the 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996 and 1997 games.

Pitcher Tim Hudson represented the Oakland Athletics in 2000 and 2004, the Atlanta Braves in 2010 and the San Francisco Giants in 2014.

Third baseman Josh Donaldson represented the Athletics in 2014 and the Toronto Blue Jays in 2015 and 2016.

Former Auburn players with one All-Star Game selection include Cleveland Indians outfielder Oris Hockett in 1944, Kansas City Royals outfielder Bo Jackson in 1989, Baltimore Orioles pitcher Gregg Olson in 1990 and Miami Marlins first baseman Garrett Cooper in 2022.

Mize joins St. Louis Cardinals second baseman Brendan Donovan as players with Alabama baseball roots at this year’s MLB All-Star Game. A former Enterprise High School and South Alabama standout, Donovan is a National League reserve for Tuesday’s contest.

The first player picked in the 2018 draft, Mize entered the 2025 season with a 9-19 record and 4.36 ERA in 61 games since making his Major League debut with Detroit on Aug. 19, 2020.

Mize made seven starts with the Tigers during the coronavirus pandemic-affected 2020 season. In 2021, Mize posted a 7-9 record with a 3.71 earned-run average in 30 starts for Detroit, but he made it through only 10 innings in 2022 before being shut down by injuries.

Between starts on April 14, 2022, and April 4, 2024, Mize did not pitch for the Tigers. In June 2022, Mize had elbow surgery and, shortly after that, back surgery. A hamstring injury hampered his comeback in 2024.

Mize had a 19-2 pitching record at Springville High School before going 20-13 in three seasons at Auburn, where he struck out 324 in 267.1 innings.

Mize made 26 minor-league starts, with an 8-3 record and 2.71 earned-run average, before he made his MLB debut on Aug. 19, 2020. His minor-league work included a no-hitter for the Erie SeaWolves in his Double-A debut on April 29, 2019.

Mark Inabinett is a sports reporter for Alabama Media Group. Follow him on X at @AMarkG1.