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The Detroit Tigers were rewarded for their high level of play by having their game on Sunday flexed to Sunday Night Baseball on ESPN, and Tarik Skubal, for the
With Tarik Skubal on the mound on Sunday Night Baseball, and the Tigers holding the best record in baseball, the conversation surrounding the AL Cy Young winner somehow turned to Skubal's free agency in a year and a half. Here's what ESPN's Buster Olney had to say during the broadcast:
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Yardbarker on MSNTigers first team to 60 wins thanks to another Tarik Skubal gemThe Detroit Tigers entered Sunday night's game in Texas on a six-game losing streak and needed their ace, Tarik Skubal, to step up and help put a stop to it. He did exactly that.
Skubal showed why he's the favorite to win the Cy Young for a second straight year, striking out 11 with no walks Sunday night in Detroit's 2-1 victory over Texas. If the Cy Young indeed goes to him, he'll be the first AL pitcher to earn it in back-to-back seasons since Pedro Martinez's remarkable stretch with the Boston Red Sox in 1999 and 2000.
Tarik Skubal is just about as consistent as they come. The Detroit Tigers' left-handed pitching superstar, and the reigning Cy Young Award winner in the American League, does something almost every time he takes the mound. Skubal did it again on Sunday Night Baseball against the Rangers, too.