The Tigers and celebrity pitcher Tarik Skubal have quite a lot of work to do in the event that they’re going to bridge fairly probably the most important hole in MLB negotiating historical past: an estimated quarter of a billion {dollars}.
Yep, that’s not a misprint. It’s near $250 million.
Phrase is, a 12 months in the past the Tigers supplied Skubal nicely lower than the $170M deal signed a bit later by Garrett Crochet. Whereas there’s no perception Skubal named his worth, his apparent comp is Gerrit Cole, who signed six years in the past for a file $324M, and with costs up (Max Scherzer and Justin Verlander $43.33M a 12 months, Juan Soto $51M), the baseline ask for Skubal is seen as $400M.
The equation has modified, as Skubal is now just one season from free company after placing collectively a second straight Cy Younger season. He led the AL in ERA (2.21) and pitching WAR (6.6) and was second to Crochet in strikeouts (241).
