Tigers Edge Toward Trading Tarik Skubal as 22-37 Slide Deepens Before Deadline

4 articles · Updated · Fox News · May 31

Detroit is increasingly expected to shop Tarik Skubal before the trade deadline, with multiple reports saying the Tigers' 22-37 start has made a deal more likely than an extension.
Skubal is set for free agency after 2026, and Detroit's playoff case has collapsed while he recovers from an elbow injury, leaving little reason to keep a likely departing ace on a last-place club.
Mid-to-late June is the key window: Skubal is due to throw again Monday and face hitters, and a healthy return would give the Tigers about a month to rebuild his trade value.
14 blown saves and a FanGraphs-worst minus-4.36 bullpen win probability added have helped sink Detroit 11.5 games behind first-place Cleveland despite offseason spending.
The Dodgers, Yankees, Braves and possibly the Brewers are among teams seen as potential bidders, with executives expecting strong demand for a two-time Cy Young winner if he proves healthy.

After a record payroll led to collapse, is trading their ace the only way for the Tigers to salvage their future?

With a labor lockout looming, how does it change the calculus for teams wanting to trade for and extend Skubal?

Can revolutionary surgery help Tarik Skubal prove his health in time to spark a massive trade deadline bidding war?