{"id":505693,"date":"2026-01-04T23:35:39","date_gmt":"2026-01-04T23:35:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/505693\/"},"modified":"2026-01-04T23:35:39","modified_gmt":"2026-01-04T23:35:39","slug":"tigers-linked-to-left-hander-who-will-get-200-million-to-replace-tarik-skubal-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/505693\/","title":{"rendered":"Tigers linked to left-hander who will get $200 million to replace Tarik Skubal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportingnews.com\/us\/mlb\/detroit-tigers\/news\/tigers-linked-left-hander-200-million-replace-tarik-skubal\/7f7375ded0b28bc0cb578c5a?utm_source=yahoo&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_campaign=appeared_on\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Tigers linked to left-hander who will get $200 million to replace Tarik Skubal;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Tigers linked to left-hander who will get $200 million to replace Tarik Skubal<\/a> originally appeared on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportingnews.com\/us?utm_source=yahoo&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_campaign=appeared_on\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:The Sporting News;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">The Sporting News<\/a>. Add The Sporting News as a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=https:\/\/www.sportingnews.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Preferred Source by clicking here;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Preferred Source by clicking here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>With reports indicating that the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportingnews.com\/us\/mlb\/detroit-tigers\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Detroit Tigers;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Detroit Tigers<\/a> could move on from Tarik Skubal, there are several other factors Detroit would have to consider if it wants to be the team it hoped to be a year ago.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>To start, the Tigers simply don\u2019t have a way to replace a pitcher of Skubal\u2019s caliber. There\u2019s a reason many consider him the best starter in the game, and put simply, he\u2019s irreplaceable.<\/p>\n<p>However, Jim Bowden of The Athletic attempted to find a possible replacement, suggesting Detroit could be in the mix for left-hander Framber Valdez if it decides to move on from Skubal.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMets president David Stearns is philosophically opposed to expensive, long-term contracts for starting pitchers, but if the Mets want to be competitive in 2026 it\u2019s important they improve their rotation and have someone who can lead the staff. Valdez can do just that. He\u2019s a ground ball machine who misses bats and has proven he can pitch in big games.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Orioles would also be a great fit, but I decided to match-up Ranger Su\u00e1rez there instead. If the Tigers determine that they can\u2019t extend Tarik Skubal and trade him, then replacing him with Valdez might make some sense,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/athletic\/6889235\/2025\/12\/17\/mlb-free-agents-best-fits-2025-2026\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:he wrote;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">he wrote<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>In terms of both Skubal and Valdez being left-handers, there are some obvious similarities.<\/p>\n<p>However, while Valdez is a very good pitcher who deserves credit in his own right, he\u2019s nothing like Skubal.<\/p>\n<p>The Tigers would be a worse team without Skubal on the roster, even if Valdez were brought in as a replacement.<\/p>\n<p>More Tigers news:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Tigers linked to left-hander who will get $200 million to replace Tarik Skubal originally appeared on The Sporting&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":229142,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2386],"tags":[5,147,53,2583,79,3804,101,4,90,382,1323,594],"class_list":{"0":"post-505693","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-detroit-tigers","8":"tag-baseball","9":"tag-detroit","10":"tag-detroit-tigers","11":"tag-detroittigers","12":"tag-framber-valdez","13":"tag-jim-bowden","14":"tag-mets","15":"tag-mlb","16":"tag-ranger-suarez","17":"tag-tarik-skubal","18":"tag-the-tigers","19":"tag-tigers"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/115839455964464712","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/505693","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=505693"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/505693\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/229142"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=505693"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=505693"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=505693"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}