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Tigers Entertain Tarik Skubal Trade Talks as Winter Meetings Open

Detroit is listening on its Cy Young winner with one year of control, testing contenders’ willingness to pay in a thin pitching market.

BALTIMORE, MD - SEPTEMBER 24: Drew Anderson #58 of the Texas Rangers pitches during a baseball game against the Baltimore Orioles at Oriole Park at Camden Yards on September 24, 2021 in Baltimore, Maryland. (Photo by Mitchell Layton/Getty Images)
Tigers pitcher Tarik Skubal celebrates striking out Mariners catcher Cal Raleigh in the sixth inning of ALDS Game 5 at T-Mobile Park in Seattle on Friday, Oct. 10, 2025. © Junfu Han / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images

Overview

  • ESPN’s Buster Olney reports the Tigers are engaged with other clubs on Tarik Skubal trade possibilities.
  • Detroit has invited top offers but, per current reporting, no team has met the high asking price so far.
  • Skubal enters the talks as the reigning AL Cy Young winner after a 2.21 ERA and 241 strikeouts over 195.1 innings in 2025.
  • With only one season before free agency, teams are weighing the cost of a short control window, and analysis identifies the Mets as a plausible suitor given their prospects and extension capacity.
  • Separately, The Athletic reported the Tigers are signing KBO strikeout leader Drew Anderson to a one-year deal with a club option and plan to use him as a starter, though the club has not confirmed.