After being overlooked early in his career, Tarik Skubal is making a name for himself as the Detroit Tigers’ Opening Day starter.
was the toughest starting pitcher to hit last year. He still is nowhere on your radar when it comes to potential breakout stars of 2024—maybe even Cy Young Award contenders.
“His compete button is off the charts,” Hinch says. “Every day it’s his turn to pitch, he brings the intensity and the purpose. He combines that with this desire to be elite—and a work ethic to match it. “He can pitch with different shapes in different parts of the zone and get swing and miss,” Hinch says. “The mix itself is kind of a common. Obviously, fastball, slider, changeup and the curveball. But he can pitch to any bat strength. If he needs the ball driven down, he can drive the ball down with both fastballs and with all his pitches. If he needs the ball elevated with the four-seamer, he’s got that. If he needs slow spin, he’s got slow spin.
“I think our game planning to how we’re attacking guys is the key,” he says. “I like to keep things pretty simple. You can dive into numbers, and I will. There are days that I will. But I have four days to do that. And then my fifth day, I just go out and attack guys over the plate. Get them uncomfortable. Get them in my counts.
During the fall of his senior season, trying to attract any college interest, Skubal commuted three hours to the Phoenix Valley to attend a showcase known as the Arizona Fall Classic. On his first day, a Wednesday, he touched 91 mph. “I don't really blame the other schools. I didn’t throw hard. I wasn’t a guy that was throwing in the 90s. But you know, it is interesting if you look at a lefthanded guy throwing 84 to 86 as a 16-year-old, you’d think that a scout or a college would project better. Whatever. It was a different time.”
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