This is what I want Skubal to be doing in a deciding game.
October 17, 2025
This is what I want Skubal to be doing in a deciding game.
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Difference is Max was at 73 pitches. Skubal was at 99. If your pitcher thinks he’s done you gotta trust your guy
Skubal set the post season record for strikeouts in a winner take all.
Skubal doesn’t need to do anything different. The Tigers offense needs to give him more than 12 runs of support while he’s on the mound over his last 7 starts (September and Playoffs)
Why?
I I understand and respect both lines of thoughts:
Scherzer is not the pitcher he was, is at the very end of his career and wants to prove he still has it. He has nothing to play for rather than his legacy.
Skubal is about to get the most important contract of his life that will set up his family tree for their lives. He proved he’s worth it – but going too hard and risking injury certainly risks a lot for him. He gave the team everything they needed to win and proved he’s worth whatever he asks for. But if on pitch 120 he blows out his arm, that changes everything.
Skubal will be Scherzer one day
Skubal doesn’t have the same old school mentality. Scherzer has been to the mountain top and knows what it takes.
Not sure why people keep downing Skubal. Maybe people who have never pitched…
100%. I love Mad Max
Lol, yes r/motorcitykitties
The Tigers should let Tarik Skubal walk because he doesn’t act unhinged when the manager comes to the mound. Okay.
Skubal is mentally balanced. Scherzer is not.
This is so stupid. The score was 5 – 1. Sherzer has a 4 run lead. The batter was Arozerena who has done very little in the playoffs and has struck out in 42% of his at bats in the post season. Scherzer was at 70 pitches.
So please this is really really dumb. If Skubal had a 4 run lead and only at 70 pitches he’d be arguing to stay in to.
I’ll just type it again…this such an idiotic comparison.
I will never understand how we choked a world series throwing Verlander, Scherzer, Porcello and fister lol. Biggest choke job in Detroit sports history
Scherzer is literally insane, though.
I do miss this guy but Skubal is doing what he needed
i am so confused with all the complaints over skub not going more…..we gave up 3 runs in 15 innings. why did we need him to go longer? just unlucky that we gave up a run after he exited. Scherzer is also 13 years older than Skub. He got his bag. He doesn’t care if he blows his arm out going longer at this point.
I get your point, but Max didn’t even pitch 6 innings lol
I feel like he is Manic right here and it is helping him 😅 in the zone!
People still can’t accept that all Skubal had left was throwing it as hard as he could straight down the middle and hoping the Mariners would miss.
He will – on the next team he plays for.
im sure skubal would have pitched every 3 days for as long as we were in the playoffs. not much more you can ask.
Probably just the nostalgia speaking, but damn I wish the Tigers picked up Verlander and or Scherzer at the deadline. They could have used them down the stretch and into the playoffs. Who I really wish we traded for was Eugenio Suarez, we could have desperately used his bat.
Schneider probably trusts his guys more than his sabremetric book full of equations.
I’m sorry if Skoobs stays in do more runs get scored by the Tigers? I cannot understand how people believe if Skubal stays in the game the Tigers win the game. 0 runs scored for 9 innings in game five 0. Not 2 not 1 no no no 0 from the 7th to the 15th 0 runs 0.
They don’t call him Mad Max for no reason the man is legitimately insane. In this case he had a relatively low pitch count, they were significantly ahead, and he likely felt he needed to really advocate to stay on the mound because everyone knows he is 41 and not a sure bet anymore.
If they were behind, or if it was close it wouldn’t matter how much he yelled he would have been pulled. Pitchers do not get the final say regardless of passion.
We didn’t lose that game because of the pitching. Bffr we lost because we couldn’t get a single like 12 times when we needed it
I swear you guys are just preparing to cope when he inevitably leaves.
You are never gonna see Skubal in a Tiger jersey again
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Difference is Max was at 73 pitches. Skubal was at 99. If your pitcher thinks he’s done you gotta trust your guy
Skubal set the post season record for strikeouts in a winner take all.
Skubal doesn’t need to do anything different. The Tigers offense needs to give him more than 12 runs of support while he’s on the mound over his last 7 starts (September and Playoffs)
Why?
I I understand and respect both lines of thoughts:
Scherzer is not the pitcher he was, is at the very end of his career and wants to prove he still has it. He has nothing to play for rather than his legacy.
Skubal is about to get the most important contract of his life that will set up his family tree for their lives. He proved he’s worth it – but going too hard and risking injury certainly risks a lot for him. He gave the team everything they needed to win and proved he’s worth whatever he asks for. But if on pitch 120 he blows out his arm, that changes everything.
Skubal will be Scherzer one day
Skubal doesn’t have the same old school mentality. Scherzer has been to the mountain top and knows what it takes.
Not sure why people keep downing Skubal. Maybe people who have never pitched…
100%. I love Mad Max
Lol, yes r/motorcitykitties
The Tigers should let Tarik Skubal walk because he doesn’t act unhinged when the manager comes to the mound. Okay.
Skubal is mentally balanced. Scherzer is not.
This is so stupid. The score was 5 – 1. Sherzer has a 4 run lead. The batter was Arozerena who has done very little in the playoffs and has struck out in 42% of his at bats in the post season. Scherzer was at 70 pitches.
So please this is really really dumb. If Skubal had a 4 run lead and only at 70 pitches he’d be arguing to stay in to.
I’ll just type it again…this such an idiotic comparison.
I will never understand how we choked a world series throwing Verlander, Scherzer, Porcello and fister lol. Biggest choke job in Detroit sports history
Scherzer is literally insane, though.
I do miss this guy but Skubal is doing what he needed
i am so confused with all the complaints over skub not going more…..we gave up 3 runs in 15 innings. why did we need him to go longer? just unlucky that we gave up a run after he exited. Scherzer is also 13 years older than Skub. He got his bag. He doesn’t care if he blows his arm out going longer at this point.
I get your point, but Max didn’t even pitch 6 innings lol
I feel like he is Manic right here and it is helping him 😅 in the zone!
People still can’t accept that all Skubal had left was throwing it as hard as he could straight down the middle and hoping the Mariners would miss.
He will – on the next team he plays for.
im sure skubal would have pitched every 3 days for as long as we were in the playoffs. not much more you can ask.
Probably just the nostalgia speaking, but damn I wish the Tigers picked up Verlander and or Scherzer at the deadline. They could have used them down the stretch and into the playoffs. Who I really wish we traded for was Eugenio Suarez, we could have desperately used his bat.
Schneider probably trusts his guys more than his sabremetric book full of equations.
I’m sorry if Skoobs stays in do more runs get scored by the Tigers? I cannot understand how people believe if Skubal stays in the game the Tigers win the game. 0 runs scored for 9 innings in game five 0. Not 2 not 1 no no no 0 from the 7th to the 15th 0 runs 0.
They don’t call him Mad Max for no reason the man is legitimately insane. In this case he had a relatively low pitch count, they were significantly ahead, and he likely felt he needed to really advocate to stay on the mound because everyone knows he is 41 and not a sure bet anymore.
If they were behind, or if it was close it wouldn’t matter how much he yelled he would have been pulled. Pitchers do not get the final say regardless of passion.
We didn’t lose that game because of the pitching. Bffr we lost because we couldn’t get a single like 12 times when we needed it
I swear you guys are just preparing to cope when he inevitably leaves.
You are never gonna see Skubal in a Tiger jersey again