Why the Tigers paid Framber Valdez, but NOT Tarik Skubal!

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1. Greetings David, Coca, team… from Roí et Thailand.

2. trash organization

3. Even the trashy Angels organization signed Ohtani 30mil for 1yr to avoid arbitration in 2023 and now, the Tigers couldn’t even offer close to 30mil for Skubal, their homegrown 2x cy young guy 🗑️

4. Tigers are being very smart they know Skubal ain’t worth what he asking .. they should just pay him for this year and flip him at the trade deadline

5. The dodgers need to trade for skubal. It's destiny that skubal will be in dodger blue one way or another.

6. The Tigers can sign a joke like Valdez for 38 but can’t do Skubal for 32😂

7. I think arbitration is ridiculous and should be taken out if the next CBA.

8. Y'all don't know ball if you just can't understand the difference between free agency and arbitration. Weekend warriors

9. the Tigers will have to give Skubal $45 mil a year

10. Who is Coca?

11. It shows the Tigers aren't the one holding up signing Skubal longterm.

12. if i was Tarik Skubal when he is a free agent if tigers give the biggest offer i wouldnt take it just too prove a point

13. Tigers support a Salary Cap in 2027 of $200 Million a year…that way they can pay SKUBAL to the $19 million that they offered him in Arbitration. And Skubal will have to take it. 2X Cy Young winner or not.

14. I guarantee Skubal wants a long deal and the Tigers won’t do that. It’s pretty simple. If Skubal accepted 3 years, he would have already got the bag.

15. A clueless take where you completely ignore the fact that arbitration can be avoided.

16. I honestly tried with this guy and gave it a shot and some stuff was good. That said this guy is an idiot and really always has been. Done with this crap.

17. A lot of these comments didn’t watch the first 90s of this video. But also Samson they’re shipping Skubal pending the Arb ruling, the final number probably affects their return in a trade package

18. Next stop for Skubal, Los Angeles.

19. was it a coincidence that Vadlez got double what the Tigers offered Skubal. maybe the Tigers want to get the $19m arb decision to then trade Skubal at a lower salary

20. I understand that its a business but all you are doing here is making yourself known that your team will not pay the the players that they have, so why would they want to play there.

21. He won his Arb. They are paying Skubal.

22. Not giving my money to the ny times thank you.

23. Why? One name: Scott Boras. This is the Tigers way of telling Scott Boras to kick rocks with his 10 year 400 million dollar contract demands.

24. Hey Dave, who's TSs agent??!! That should change your narrative immediately

25. 90%:of teams in bsb cannot afford TS 's contract demands bud

26. I think that now that the Tigers signed Valdez, they will still re-sign Skubal… A small fortune necessary to show serious effort to win a World Series…. He would pay dividends plenty if the Tigers are smart enough to re-sign him.

27. It all about the contract time. Long time contacts just don’t have value over the long term. Skubal and Boris are looking for, yes a great pitcher, but a couple shoulder issues, and durability into his mid-late 30s at 50-60 million is a ligament concern. Skubal at 32 million is a great deal still (Boris is playing ‘hardball’). Go for it all with that this year, of if it doesn’t work out, maybe if it doesn’t a trade late is still some return. Detroit is not going to resign. 2027 is a lock out year, Skubal will be one year older. Detroit is dealing with reality. They are not a big market team, it’s business, so a great rotation this year, and move on from the Skubal drama.

28. Salaries are way out of control

29. Imagine he wins a third cy young in a row. $50+ million a year?

30. This sht is not difficult to understand. I'm from Detroit. They are not going to give a fkkn pitcher a long term contract. Specially one approaching age 30. We are not a mjaor market and haven't been for decades. Chris Illitch is not his old man. He's not going to dump as much money as he can to try to win. Yeah toss 35 to 40 million to a pitcher for 8 years. Lets see what that does to the franchise in the future. We are not Los Angeles who I assume can afford to pay all that deferred money further down the line. If this was about the money, then why the fck did they give Valdez $38 per??? Simple, 3 year deal!!!! Sorry but have any Tigers fans paid any damn attention to their free agency signings over the last few years??? Everyone is 1 to 3 year deals.

31. Detroit has a lot going on with all of its team I feel like the Tigers, Lions, and Pistons are all very close to winning it all especially the Pistons. A few good key moves for each team gets them there.

32. Spew all about "rules" and differences between free agency and arbitration. Bottom line: the Tigers have a generational, once in a lifetime talent and they are treating him like crap. Sophistry buys you nothing when common sense glaringly shows the obvious.

33. All this talk of the Tigers embarrassing themselves on this process, but did they actually make such a low number as a way of allowing Skubal to get what he wanted? Based on how the arbitration process works, is this not a possibility?