On July 8, the Detroit Tigers possessed the best record in baseball and a 14-game lead in the American League Central. Just over 90 days later, the Tigers will head into the offseason, having since fumbled that division lead and lost to the Seattle Mariners in the second round of the playoffs. The Tigers have plenty of work to do this winter, but the biggest question they must attempt to answer is this: What, if anything, will they do with left-hander Tarik Skubal ?

Skubal, 29 in November, just applied the finishing touches to a season that's likely to secure him a second consecutive Cy Young Award. To make any prediction about a pitcher's future is to invite the Injury Gods to render you a fool. But a healthy Skubal would seem like a great candidate to become the first three-peat C

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