LAS VEGAS -- Tarik Skubal is the favorite to capture his second straight American League Cy Young Award on Wednesday. If he wins it, will he still be a member of the Tigers when he accepts the award later this winter?

Skubal’s name has been a popular one at the GM Meetings in Las Vegas, where the Tigers ace is one of the most intriguing trade candidates of the offseason.

According to two rival executives, the belief within the industry is that the Tigers will not trade Skubal this offseason despite the fact that he is going into his final year of control prior to becoming a free agent.

“I would be surprised if he was moved,” a National League executive said. “But that doesn’t mean teams aren’t going to try.”

Skubal has arguably been the best pitcher in the game over the past two se

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