First time I’ve seen the Cubs at Comerica Park since 2001, and an important series for both teams. As you likely know, BCB’s Ashley MacLennan also writes about the Tigers at our SB Nation Tigers site Bless You Boys.

Riley Greene and Kerry Carpenter have followed their strong 2024s with even stronger starts to 2025, Tarik Skubal is the best pitcher in baseball and Casey Mize appears, for now, to be meeting the sky-high expectations of a No. 1 draft pick.