<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/tigers-news-aj-hinch-drops-bold-tarik-skubal-take-after-dominant-first-start-after-injury');   ga('set', 'title', 'AJ Hinch drops bold Tarik Skubal take after dominant first start after injury');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Tigers-Tarik-Skubal-AJ-Hinch.jpeg"></figure><h1>AJ Hinch drops bold Tarik Skubal take after dominant first start after injury</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2023-07-05T08:01:47-07:00">July 5th, 8:01am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2023-07-05T08:01:47-07:00">July 5th, 8:01am</time><address><a>Sam DiGiovanni</a>Sam DiGiovanni started at ClutchPoints as an associate editor in 2021 and became the site's Philadelphia 76ers beat reporter ahead of the 2022-23 season. He graduated from Marist College in May of 2022 and has written for TheKnicksWall.com and CenterFieldMarist.com in the past.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">MLB</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The Detroit Tigers welcomed Tarik Skubal back to the mound after almost a year of recovery from a flexor tendon injury in his left elbow. The 26-year-old has steadily improved over the years and, even after a long rehab, showed that he still throws gas.</p><p>Against the Oakland Athletics in Comerica Park, Skubal allowed just one base runner (a plunking to Brent Rooker) and struck out six batters in four innings of work. He got a K against the first batter he faced and notched four in a row over the second and third innings. The Tigers lost 1-0 in 10 innings but Skubal looking so solid in his first game back made it a good game for the team overall.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="und">Tarik Skubal, 98mph Bohemian Rhaspody Sword. ⚔️⚰️💀🪦 <a href="https://t.co/4pA4E1DY5y">pic.twitter.com/4pA4E1DY5y</a></p><p>— Rob Friedman (@PitchingNinja) <a href="https://twitter.com/PitchingNinja/status/1676373720741421057?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 4, 2023</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>The Tigers will really need Skubal as their pitching falls further into disarray for many reasons despite <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/tigers-news-scott-harris-eduardo-rodriguez" rel="noopener">having some real talent there</a>. In the eyes of manager A.J. Hinch, Skubal is fit for the job. He has <a href="https://theathletic.com/4666666/2023/07/04/tarik-skubal-detroit-tigers-return/?source=emp_shared_article" rel="noopener">massive expectations for him</a>, according to Cody Stavenhagen of The Athletic.</p><p>“I kind of expect Skubal to be a monster every time,” Hinch said, via The Athletic. “He’s an incredible pitcher, and I think the best part was how much he harnessed his emotions. He pitches with such fire, such aggressiveness, and I know he was very excited to be back out here…I expect him to be great. He’s one of the best pitchers in baseball, quite honestly, when he’s right.”</p><p>That is quite the take from the Tigers’ manager. Skubal has never had an ERA under three yet in his career and even in the minor leagues did not have an insane ERA. While he is good, his production doesn’t match the endorsement from Hinch. Perhaps, though, it could eventually. Skubal has allowed fewer home runs and walks over the years, improving his FIP to an impressive 2.96 last season.</p><p>As the All-Star break nears, the Tigers are 37-47. Things are <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/tigers-news-detroit-suffers-brutal-fate-not-seen-in-110-years-after-loss-to-athletics" rel="noopener">still going rough</a> for them but getting Tarik Skubal back is at least one good thing they have going for them. With so much uncertainty around the team, it’s good for them to have stability.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

AJ Hinch drops bold Tarik Skubal take after dominant first start after injury

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '');   ga('set', 'title', 'Tarik Skubal gets worrying injury blow after surviving trade deadline with Tigers');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article><header><figure><img src="https://clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Tigers-news-Tarik-Skubal-gets-worrying-injury-blow-after-surviving-trade-deadline-in-Detroit.jpeg"></figure><h1>Tarik Skubal gets worrying injury blow after surviving trade deadline with Tigers</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2022-08-03T09:21:02-07:00">August 3rd, 9:21am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2022-08-03T09:21:31-07:00">August 3rd, 9:21am</time><address><a>Karl Rasmussen</a></address><h3 class="op-kicker">MLB</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The Detroit Tigers offloaded some key pieces at the 2022 MLB trade deadline, including star reliever <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/twins-news-tigers-michael-fulmer-headed-to-minnesota-in-mlb-trade-deadline-deal-2/">Michael Fulmer</a>. Among the Tigers players who <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/tigers-news-tarik-skubal-hit-with-worrying-update-ahead-of-mlb-trade-deadline/">survived the deadline</a> and will remain in Detroit for the rest of the season is Tarik Skubal, but it may be a while until Tigers fans get to see him on the mound again. On Wednesday, Skubal was placed on the 15-day IL with what the <a href="https://twitter.com/DetroitTigersPR/status/1554851180181864449">organization is describing</a> as left arm fatigue.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">The Tigers have announced the following roster moves:<br>*Placed LHP Tarik Skubal on the 15-day IL, retroactive to Aug. 2, with left arm fatigue<br>*Reinstated RHP Wily Peralta from the 15-day IL<br>*Optioned INF Zack Short to Triple A Toledo<br>*Recalled OF Daz Cameron from Triple A Toledo</p><p>— Tigers PR (@DetroitTigersPR) <a href="https://twitter.com/DetroitTigersPR/status/1554851180181864449?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 3, 2022</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>With the southpaw landing on the 15-day IL, retroactive to Aug. 2, it’ll be mid-August before Skubal is eligible to return from the Injured List, and that’s if he’s ready to come back after a minimum stay on the shelf.</p><p>In a corresponding roster move, the Tigers reinstated Wily Peralta from the 15-day IL, while also replacing Zack Short on the MLB roster with Daz Cameron, who was recalled from Triple-A Toledo.</p><p>Tarik Skubal pitched 5.0 innings in his last outing before being removed from the game. He threw a total of 77 pitches before getting pulled due to an arm injury. The 25-year-old southpaw has been solid this season, going 7-8 across his first 21 starts with a 3.52 ERA. Skubal has thrown 117.2 innings and struck out 117 batters while walking 32.</p><p>The decision to place him on the IL could be part of Detroit’s plan to limit his innings in 2022. Skubal has never thrown more than 150 innings in a single season, and he’d have been on pace to surpass that by the end of the month. Now, he’ll get at least two weeks off before returning to the rotation, giving the Tigers a chance to keep his innings limited as the season winds down.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Tarik Skubal gets worrying injury blow after surviving trade deadline with Tigers

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '');   ga('set', 'title', '‘Something didn’t feel right’: Tarik Skubal on leaving Tigers game ahead of MLB trade deadline');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article><header><figure><img src="https://clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Tarik-Skubal-Tigers-MLB-trade-deadline.jpg"></figure><h1>‘Something didn’t feel right’: Tarik Skubal on leaving Tigers game ahead of MLB trade deadline</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2022-08-02T06:18:03-07:00">August 2nd, 6:18am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2022-08-02T06:19:11-07:00">August 2nd, 6:19am</time><address><a>Rexwell Villas</a></address><h3 class="op-kicker">MLB</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Tarik Skubal of the Detroit Tigers has been among those being mentioned quite a lot in discussions ahead of the 2022 MLB trade deadline, and boy did he look as though he was really making teams go after him when he pitched for five scoreless innings Monday night against the Minnesota Twins.</p><p>However, Skubal got <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/tigers-news-tarik-skubal-hit-with-worrying-update-ahead-of-mlb-trade-deadline/">pulled</a> from the game just after 77 pitches because of a left arm fatigue, and that could hurt Detroit’s chances of trading him.</p><p>After the game, Tarik Skubal gave a bit of an explanation of what happened during his premature exit from the Twins game.</p><p>Via <a href="https://twitter.com/beckjason/status/1554308824810590210">Jason Beck of MLB.com</a>:</p><p>“Something didn’t feel right. My arm felt fatigued,” Tarik Skubal said of his exit. “That’s why I came out of the game when I did. … I didn’t want to put myself at risk of something serious happening, so that’s why I was kind of like, ‘Guys, that’s all I’ve got.’”</p><p>It also seemed that it was Tarik Skubal who initiated the move, not thinking twice about asking for the Tigers to take him out, which was rightfully appreciated by Detroit manager A.J. Hinch.</p><p>Via <a href="https://www.espn.ph/mlb/recap?gameId=401355761">ESPN</a>:</p><p>“We want guys to communicate openly. This is not a question of his resolve or his toughness,” Hinch said. “This is one of the toughest kids on our team.”</p><p>On the season, Tarik Skubal has a 7-8 record and a 3.52 ERA along with a 1.16 WHIP. He also has a 2.96  FIP and leads all Tigers pitchers so far this 2022 MLB regular season with a 3.0 WAR.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

‘Something didn’t feel right’: Tarik Skubal on leaving Tigers game ahead of MLB trade deadline

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '');   ga('set', 'title', 'Tigers pitcher Tarik Skubal hit with worrying update ahead of MLB trade deadline');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article><header><figure><img src="https://clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Tigers-news-Tarik-Skubal-hit-with-worrying-update-ahead-of-MLB-trade-deadline.jpg"></figure><h1>Tigers pitcher Tarik Skubal hit with worrying update ahead of MLB trade deadline</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2022-08-01T19:22:05-07:00">August 1st, 7:22pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2022-08-01T19:22:05-07:00">August 1st, 7:22pm</time><address><a>Tristin McKinstry</a>I have experience covering sports going back to 2014. Major The Last of Us fan. #1 Jar Jar Binks propagandist. I am currently pursuing a degree in communications.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">MLB</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Detroit Tigers southpaw Tarik Skubal took the mound Monday despite trade rumors surrounding him. However, things didn’t go as planned.</p><p>The 25-year-old was taken out of the game after the fifth inning against the Minnesota Twins. Skubal had thrown five scoreless innings, striking out four and walking two.</p><p>This led to speculation the Tigers traded Skubal. His name has floated around this trade season, leading to some <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/detroit-tigers-tarik-skubal-trade-rumors-show-why-al-avila-needs-to-be-fired/" rel="noopener">questions being asked</a> of Tigers general manager Al Avila.</p><p>However, the Tigers did not trade their left-hander. The <a href="https://twitter.com/DetroitTigersPR/status/1554280583446118402" rel="noopener">team announced</a> the 25-year-old was pulled from the game because of left arm fatigue.</p><p>This would seemingly take Skubal’s name completely off the trade market. MLB Network insider <a href="https://twitter.com/Feinsand/status/1554281989297131520" rel="noopener">Mark Feinsand</a> alluded that the announcement does take him off the market.</p><p>A Skubal trade was a confusing proposition, to begin with. He was the team’s only healthy starter from Opening Day, and the 25-year-old has by far been the team’s best pitcher.</p><p>Entering Monday’s start, the Tigers starter has pitched 112.2 innings in 2022. He is 7-8 with a 3.67 ERA and has struck out 113 batters in those nearly 113 innings.</p><p>It will be interesting to see how the Tigers go about replacing Skubal, should the 25-year-old miss significant time. The Tigers are expected to <a href="https://www.freep.com/story/sports/mlb/tigers/2022/07/29/detroit-tigers-matt-manning-after-rehab/10182694002/" rel="noopener">welcome back</a> right-hander Matt Manning, who hasn’t pitched since April.</p><p>Detroit could acquire a young, major-league-ready pitcher in a trade as well. Perhaps in return for two-time All-Star closer Gregory Soto, who has three years of team control left on him.</p><p>Regardless of how they replace the 25-year-old, the Tigers will sorely miss Skubal’s presence at the top of their rotation.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Tigers pitcher Tarik Skubal hit with worrying update ahead of MLB trade deadline

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '');   ga('set', 'title', 'Detroit Tigers: Tarik Skubal trade rumors show why Al Avila needs to be fired');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article><header><figure><img src="https://clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Tarik-Skubal-trade-rumors-show-why-Al-Avila-needs-to-be-fired.jpg"></figure><h1>Detroit Tigers: Tarik Skubal trade rumors show why Al Avila needs to be fired</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2022-07-27T20:01:46-07:00">July 27th, 8:01pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2022-07-27T20:01:46-07:00">July 27th, 8:01pm</time><address><a>Tristin McKinstry</a>I have experience covering sports going back to 2014. Major The Last of Us fan. #1 Jar Jar Binks propagandist. I am currently pursuing a degree in communications.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">MLB</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The Detroit Tigers were supposed to be better than this. The team had a promising season last year, winning 77 games against all odds and taking the best teams in baseball to task.</p><p>However, the team sits in fourth place in a rather weak American League Central division. They’re currently fighting to not be 20 games under the .500 mark.</p><p>A big reason the Tigers haven’t had the season they envisioned is due to injury. Only one of the team’s starting pitchers from Opening Day remains healthy. No team, no matter how resilient, can expect to keep themselves afloat with that type of poor injury luck.</p><p>Most teams would simply look to regroup for next season. They’d identify a few guys they wouldn’t bring back, trade them off for value, and gear up to bounce back the next season.</p><p>However, that apparently isn’t how Tigers general manager Al Avila operates. And it’s because of his mode of operation that Avila should no longer operate as Tigers’ general manager.</p><h2><b>The Rumors</b></h2><p>The final straw for Avila leaked on Tuesday. The Athletic’s MLB insider Ken Rosenthal <a href="https://theathletic.com/3450781/2022/07/26/tigers-trade-willingness-tarik-skubal/" rel="noopener">reported</a> (subscription required) that the Tigers were willing to listen to offers on “just about everyone,” including left-handed pitcher Tarik Skubal. This news alone sparked <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/3-best-destinations-tarik-skubal-after-tigers-reveal-wild-mlb-trade-deadline-stance/" rel="noopener">speculation</a> across the baseball world.</p><p>The nail was driven into the proverbial coffin on Wednesday morning. ESPN’s MLB insider Jeff Passan <a href="https://www.espn.com/mlb/insider/insider/story/_/id/34297310/what-jeff-passan-hearing-mlb-trade-deadline-approaches-pitching-edition" rel="noopener">confirmed</a> (subscription required) Rosenthal’s report that the Tigers were listening on the 26-year-old pitcher, and included a nugget that was unfathomable at the beginning of the season.</p><p>“Multiple general managers Wednesday said they expect Skubal to move,” Passan wrote Wednesday morning.</p><p>Skubal is the lone aforementioned starter from opening day still active in the rotation. Casey Mize and Matt Manning are out with injuries, Eduardo Rodriguez is out dealing with a personal matter, and they moved Tyler Alexander to the bullpen.</p><p>Michael Pineda, who was brought in to provide depth to the starting rotation, has left two of his starts with injuries as well.</p><p>For the Tigers to consider trading the best starting pitcher on their roster while they hold together their rotation with bubble gum and duct tape is laughable.</p><h2><b>No Vision</b></h2><p>What this indicates is that Avila has no true vision or plan. Tigers owner Chris Ilitch proclaimed in April that the team’s rebuild was “100% over.” It seems obvious now that there was no contingency plan.</p><p>Here’s what happened to the Detroit Tigers this past offseason: Avila saw the team play well last season. He decided to start making plays to put the team in position to contend. And he put all of his eggs into the 2022 basket.</p><p>Avila convinced himself that 2022 was the year. Despite the team having no real star, and the team still relying on stop gaps in some places, Avila thought nothing could go wrong this season.</p><p>Now that things are going wrong, the Tigers’ general manager is panicking. The team regrouping for next year hasn’t entered his mind because next year has never been on his mind. All that mattered was getting into the playoffs this year. There is no patience in Detroit’s front office.</p><p>Many people have made the argument that trading Skubal is moving from a position of depth to acquire hitting, which the team needs. However, Detroit doesn’t need to trade Skubal to make that happen.</p><p>They can trade Gregory Soto, a closing pitcher who has blown just three saves the last two seasons. Soto is a two-time All-Star in his prime and has three years of team control remaining.</p><p>The Tigers do not need a lights-out closer right now. And there are arms in the bullpen who can step in and close games in the event of a Soto trade. If Skubal is traded, who is taking his place? Another pitcher in the minor leagues who is not ready to face major league hitting?</p><p>Avila is not in a position to consider trading Skubal. If the team was near contention, there’s an argument to be had. But to move a borderline All-Star for prospects you simply hope will fill the holes you need is a horrendous idea. This reeks of desperation from a general manager who’s seen his entire offseason blow up in his face.</p><h2><b>Why Him?</b></h2><p>In talking about Avila needing to be fired, we must point one thing out. Avila should have been fired years ago. There are many moves he’s made that are fireable offenses.</p><p>For instance, Avila traded Justin Verlander in 2017 for three prospects: pitcher Franklin Perez, catcher Jake Rogers, and outfielder Daz Cameron.</p><p>Rogers has never truly put it together at the MLB level and hasn’t played in 2022 due to injury. Perez has dealt with chronic shoulder injuries since the trade, and currently sports an ERA over 10.00 in the Gulf Coast League. Cameron has played a bit in Detroit but has made little impact.</p><p>Avila got next to nothing in exchange for one of the greatest pitchers in franchise history. A pitcher who was so dominant at one point, he was the most valuable player in the league.</p><p>And it’s not just the Verlander trade Avila has whiffed on, either. Look at the returns the Tigers got for Ian Kinsler, Justin Upton, J. D. Martinez, Nick Castellanos, Shane Greene, and the list goes on. These were players that provided value for the Tigers for a long time, and they got nothing to show for it.</p><p>Why should Avila, who’s exhibited poor judgment time and time again, be allowed to handle a trade as big as Skubal? He shouldn’t, pure and simple.</p><p>Considering trading Skubal is another example of Avila’s poor judgment, and it’s another reason why the Tigers need to move on from Avila as soon as possible.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

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