The lefty could spark a bidding war as teams look to make a run this October, but will Detroit be tempted to part with its ace?
The MLB trade deadline market lacks a blockbuster name in play. That may be about to change. The Los Angeles Dodgers and Baltimore Orioles, two first-place teams who know they are not October ready, have the same name at the top of their shopping list:
“They’re not contending this year and probably not next year,” a rival talent evaluator says of the Tigers. “So now your window with Skubal is one year. One year? That’s why you see what you can get now where he affects three postseasons. After this , the price goes down.” Only three starting pitchers fill the strike zone more often than Skubal : Justin Steele, Cole Irvin and Miles Mikolas. But nobody in baseball lives in the zone that muchthan Skubal. His batting average against on pitches in the zone is just .214. Only Ronel Blanco of the Houston Astros and Luis Gil of the New York Yankees are tougher to hit in the zone. Command and the ability to get hitters out in the zone is the definition of a playoff game-changing starter.
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