Tarik Skubal and the Tigers are in a one-year, $10.5M deal for the 2025 season. And this deal was finalized to avoid arbitration. Now, Skubal is in his final season of arbitration and will hit free agency after 2026. But will Detroit go for his free agency deal with the risk of losing a likely AL CY young winner or trade the star this year in exchange for certain worthwhile deals?

Amid this Tigers dilemma, the Mets “are expected to get involved” in Skubal trade talks as per Will Sammon of The Athletic. F or the Mets, who lost their postseason hopes in 2nd position in the NL East with 83-79, Skubal could be a game-changing addition. In return, the Mets can offer Jonah Tong and Nolan McLean to the Tigers. However, that hope is now at a crossroads as David Haugh asked the Cubs to bid f

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