Overview

• Multiple outlets report the Mets are expected to be active if the Tigers make Tarik Skubal available, with fresh reporting outlining potential asks centered on top prospects such as Jonah Tong, Brandon Sproat and Jett Williams.
• Detroit’s prior four-year offer reportedly under $100 million and recent non-answers from team leadership highlight a continued gap with Skubal entering his final year of club control in 2026.
• Skubal’s representation by the Boras Corporation is widely cited as a barrier to a post-trade extension, prompting warnings about paying premium prospect costs for a likely one-year rental.
• The Brewers are expected to field offers for Freddy Peralta, whose $8 million club option for 2026 positions him as a realistic, lower-prospect-cost alternative for New York.
• Trade proposals vary on price tolerance—some exclude Nolan McLean while others forecast a larger package—and rival interest, including the Yankees, is being floated in speculative scenarios.