Tarik Skubal
#29 SP · Tigers
Cy Young '25All-MLB 1st Team '25All-MLB First Team '25
Height
6'3"
Weight
240 lbs
Age
29
College
Seattle U
Experience
6 yrs
Bats/Throws
R/L
B+
A+
B-
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Fan Verdict
Grade this player:
Career StatsA+
| Year | Team | GP | ERA | W-L | K | WHIP | IP | SV |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Career |  | 144 | 3.0555556 | 57-39 | 934 | 1.0209876 | 0.0 | 0 |
Current Contract
Length
1 year
Total Value
$32.0M
Guaranteed
$19.2M
AAV
$32.0M/yr
Guaranteed %60%
Performance Analysis
A+
FCA+
Tarik Skubal grades as an elite performer among MLB starting pitchers, earning a A Performance grade. He carries a 3.08 ERA (below the league average of 4.20, a strong mark) and a 1.03 WHIP across 766.2 innings pitched with a 10.4 K/9 rate. His 54-37 record provides context on team support and run prevention. His strikeout rate of 10.4 per nine innings ranks among the best in the league, showing dominant swing-and-miss ability. As a prime-age veteran at 29, Tarik is a key contributor for the Tigers. A 137-game sample provides high confidence in this grade.
Fan & Media Sentiment
B-
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Tarik Skubal's public sentiment has cooled to a B- over the last 14 days, a meaningful slide from the A- standing he held a month ago, and the culprit is almost entirely off-field rather than anything happening between the lines. The dominant narrative driving that decline is a two-front problem: first, the Tigers reportedly never made Skubal a serious long-term offer this past offseason, a signal of front-office ambivalence that landed poorly with a fanbase watching a franchise ace operate without the security his production demands; second, a recent injury scare has injected genuine uncertainty into what was shaping up as another Cy Young campaign, with coverage openly speculating about financial and competitive consequences for both player and club. The disconnect between that B- sentiment and his A+ performance grade is jarring — Skubal is a back-to-back Cy Young winner and back-to-back All-MLB First Team selection in 2024 and 2025, as decorated a starting pitcher as exists in the American League, and there is zero criticism of what he does on the mound. Detroit's recent roster activity — a flurry of infield signings and trades centered on depth pieces rather than any move that signals bold ambition — does little to reframe the perception that the organization is operating cautiously around its most valuable asset rather than building aggressively alongside him. With the Tigers sitting at 18-19 and trending in the wrong direction on their last ten games, the narrative right now is a franchise-caliber ace in potential limbo: healthy enough to be elite, injured enough to create panic, and contractually unsecured enough to make everyone nervous about what comes next.
Recent Games
| Date | OPP | Result | AB | H | R | HR | RBI | BB | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wed, 4/29 | @ ATL | L 3-4 | - | - | - | 0 | - | - | - |
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About this player
Tarik Skubal is a player in his 6th MLB season listed at SP for the Tigers. FanVerdicts maintains four independent grades for every MLB player on an active roster — Contract Value Index for the deal itself, Performance for on-field production, Sentiment for media and fan reaction, and Fan Verdict for community voting. Current grades for Tarik Skubal: Contract Value Index B+, Performance A+, Sentiment B-, Fan Verdict pending.
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