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Tigers' Tarik Skubal's future in Detroit under microscope with one extreme caveat in play

The Detroit Tigers ended their season on a disappointing note, losing the ALCS to the Seattle Mariners in the most heartbreaking fashion imaginable. The Tigers will now wait until the winter meetings, when they can begin making moves again. However, manager A.J. Hinch is receiving most of the blame for the Game 5 loss after pulling ace Tarik Skubal far too early.

“Pulling Skubal after 99 pitches? Man, unless he's truly gassed and said he's done that seems like a gamble,” Dodgers writer Blake Harris wrote.

It made little sense for Skubal to be taken out, especially when the Tigers relied on him so heavily just to reach the postseason.

“If Skubal is starting Tuesday, tha

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