ORLANDO, Fla. -- Former Tigers president Dave Dombrowski used to rarely label players as untouchable in trades, even as he built a perennial contender. Even if he had a superstar player, another team might offer him two potential superstar players, essentially making him an offer he couldn’t refuse.

As Scott Harris works into his fourth offseason as Tigers president of baseball operations, one that could be littered with Tarik Skubal trade rumors, it’s becoming apparent that he shares that philosophy.

It doesn’t mean that Skubal’s Tiger tenure is a goner heading into his contract year just because Harris will not say that Skubal is staying. But it also doesn’t mean that they won’t entertain the idea of Skubal pitching elsewhere in 2026.

Which made for a tricky, nuanced answer when Har

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