Earlier this year, there was plenty of chatter throughout the baseball world about the idea of the Pirates trading Paul Skenes .

Some believed that trading the best pitcher in the game with four years of control remaining beyond 2025 was unhinged. Others thought the haul that Pittsburgh could command would jump-start a club that has seemingly been spinning its wheels for most of the past decade.

Skenes is still a Pirate, and there’s no indication that will change any time soon. But what if the second-best starting pitcher in the game became available?

That scenario appears to be more realistic.

Tarik Skubal will be entering his final year prior to free agency, leaving the Tigers in a quandary. After winning the American League Central and advancing to the AL Division Series for a

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