Tigers have a looming Tarik Skubal problem, and the Dodgers are paying attention
Keep an eye on this one as the season goes along.
Tigers have a looming Tarik Skubal problem, and the Dodgers are paying attention originally appeared on The Sporting News . Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here . The Detroit Tigers didn't trade Tarik Skubal in the offseason.
If they don't pick it up from their slow start, though, it's hard to think Skubal will make it to the end of this season in a Detroit uniform. He's a free agent after the season, and the Tigers could risk losing him for nothing if they believed they were a World Series contender. If it doesn't seem that way in a month or two, though, all the big spenders like the Los Angeles Dodgers , New York Mets and New York Yankees will be paying attention.
MORE: Yankees outfielder once battled ostrich in 11-plate spaghetti-eating contest MLB. com's Anthony Castrovince , in a new article on Saturday, gave the Tigers a "freak out factor" of 7-out-of-10. It all centers around what happens next with Skubal.
"It’s way too early for the Tigers’ troubles to start the drumbeat for a Skubal swap, but you’d better believe that conversation will be looming if the slow start makes its way into May," Castrovince writes. "That’s why Detroit needs to turn this around quickly. " MORE: Aaron Judge's case as the greatest right-handed hitter of all time Even if Skubal isn't actually traded, the talks will only heat up if things stay bumpy for Detroit.