"Tarik Skubal is entering his last year of arbitration and trending towards the largest pitching contract in history if he stays healthy. Jon Heyman of The New York Post wrote this evening that Skubal could seek a deal of at least $400MM. Heyman reports that Detroit's extension offer last offseason was shy of the $170MM which Garrett Crochet received from the Red Sox in April."
"Skubal bet on himself and is in position to truly cash in as a result. He's going to win his second consecutive AL Cy Young Award after posting a 2.21 ERA with 241 strikeouts across 31 starts. He is two and a half seasons removed from the flexor surgery that ended his 2022 campaign. Most importantly, he's now 12 months away from the open market."
The Tigers enter their final season of control over Tarik Skubal, who is in his last year of arbitration and projected to chase a historic pitching contract exceeding $400 million if healthy. Detroit's last offseason extension offer was below the $170 million Garrett Crochet received, and that offer preceded Crochet's market-moving deal. Crochet's contract reset expectations and pushed extension valuations higher within similar service-time classes. Skubal posted a 2.21 ERA with 241 strikeouts across 31 starts, won a second consecutive AL Cy Young, returned from 2022 flexor surgery, and will reach free agency in 12 months.
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