The Detroit Tigers

Remember last season, around the trade deadline, when every analyst in America was calling for the Tigers to trade Tarik Skubal because their “window” wasn’t open? Then they went on a run, made the playoffs, did it again the next season without trading Skubal? People have already started talking about the Pirates trading Paul Skenes. They have their own issues, but trading Paul Skenes won’t solve them.

You hold on to a player like Skubal because you (should) play to win the World Series. Who cares if the aging curves and the charts tell you to trade him and get prospect capital to try to win in a few years? The Tigers held on to their guy, even if it wasn’t the baseball-economically shrewd move, and they have a chance to win the World Series because of it. If he walks

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