What should the Detroit Tigers do with their best and most important player, Tarik Skubal ? You can vote in our poll at the bottom of this article through Wednesday, Oct. 15, whether to keep him or trade him this offseason.
Skubal has one season left on his contract before free agency. His representative in negotiations is superagent Scott Boras, who could be looking to make his client the first $400 million pitcher .
The Tigers have prevously been rejected after a non-competitive extension offer . There's still plenty of time to cobble together a big offer, but Skubal will almost certainly make it to MLB free agency after the 2026 season — he is unlikely to sign early. Celebrate 125 years of Tigers history!
Skubal made $10.15 million in 2025 and has one more year of arbitr