It’s an off day for the Tigers today as they get ready to invite the White Sox to town. In the meantime, there’s a lot of Tigers pitching chatter. There’s a question of whether Tarik Skubal can go back-to-back seasons as a Cy Young winner, while a more pressing concern is whether or not Kyle Finnegan will be okay after leaving Wednesday afternoon’s game with discomfort.
In general MLB news there are some season-ending injuries that will impact the Red Sox and Brewers. Plus: how many ways did the Rockies lose their games this year, and a look at the longest postseason droughts in baseball.
Let’s get right into it.
Skubal seems all but guaranteed to win his second straight AL Cy Young Award. For good reason, too. Through Monday, the lefty was 12-4 with an AL-best 2.18 ERA and 11.2 K/9 ratio, and an MLB-best 216 strikeouts. He also led all AL pitchers with a 6.2 bWAR and his 0.87 WHIP was the best in the bigs. These numbers are also why he’s in the running for a second straight pitching Triple Crown (leading in wins, ERA and strikeouts), and why he did so well in this vote. But the race is still notable because of a certain lefty in Boston.