Major League Baseball’s best pitcher is going to be a free agent.
Tarik Subal’s impending free agency will be the talk of the town in Detroit throughout the summer. As the American League’s back-to-back Cy Young Award winner, Skubal could be in line to sign the largest contract for a starting pitcher in MLB history.
However, FanSided’s Robert Murray is not convinced that Skubal will return to the Detroit Tigers. Murray notes that Framber Valdez will take over as ace for the AL Central club.
“It’s very likely that he’ll leave the Tigers in free agency. Framber Valdez was signed to the richest contract in the Scott Harris era, and he’ll serve as a natural replacement for Skubal moving forward,” Murray wrote Friday. “Detroit will try to retain Skubal, of course, but the strong likelihood is that he heads elsewhere.”
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Skubal is off to another strong start, with a 2.55 ERA in his first three outings (17.2 innings). He’s struck out 16 batters compared to just two walks allowed.
All 30 clubs will show some level of interest in Skubal’s services this upcoming offseason, but there will be just a select few who can offer as lucrative a deal as he and his agent, Scott Boras, will command.
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