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Tigers 2025-2026 Offseason: Trades, Free Agents, Call ups, Rule 5, tender, non-tender, Skubal Cy Young Award

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READER REQUESTS

by Holly Horning Given how Scott Boras (and Tarik Skubal) are front and center in the news every day recently, it’s a good time to take another reader question. One guess re w…
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READER REQUESTS.
Totally Tigers

Given how Scott Boras (and Tarik Skubal) are front and center in the news every day recently, it’s a good time to take another reader question. One guess regarding who it is about.
 
kalinecountry said:
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READER REQUESTS

by Holly Horning Given how Scott Boras (and Tarik Skubal) are front and center in the news every day recently, it’s a good time to take another reader question. One guess re w…
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READER REQUESTS.
Totally Tigers

Given how Scott Boras (and Tarik Skubal) are front and center in the news every day recently, it’s a good time to take another reader question. One guess regarding who it is about.
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this was a good "article". IMO, everything he is doing is the correct thing to do for his clients (players). He comes across as an asshole, but he is doing his job, and it appears that he is really good at it.
 
I am with Boras on paying players for performance and not for posterity, no matter how few or many seasons they have been in the league. But it should, IMO, be a season-by-season evaluation, or even more incrementally than a season. And the dollar amounts are presently way out of orbit.

With all the advanced stats at play, and the leverage of AI, it shouldn't be too difficult for the big brains to formulate a compensation system that rewards players for what they do in real time.

Player 1 2025: .311/.355/.799 WRC+ 121
Player 2 2025: .257/.282/.680 WRC+ 83

Player 1 is Jacob Wilson who made $760,000 in 2025 (Arb 1 eligible)
Player 2 is Javier Baez, who made $24,000,000 in 2025.

At What Price Victory, MLB? – All About Baseball with Byron Copley

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Do Major League Baseball Owners Really Get What They are Paying For? – All About Baseball with Byron Copley

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I am with Boras on paying players for performance and not for posterity, no matter how few or many seasons they have been in the league. But it should, IMO, be a season-by-season evaluation, or even more incrementally than a season. And the dollar amounts are presently way out of orbit.

With all the advanced stats at play, and the leverage of AI, it shouldn't be too difficult for the big brains to formulate a compensation system that rewards players for what they do in real time.

Player 1 2025: .311/.355/.799 WRC+ 121
Player 2 2025: .257/.282/.680 WRC+ 83

Player 1 is Jacob Wilson who made $760,000 in 2025 (Arb 1 eligible)
Player 2 is Javier Baez, who made $24,000,000 in 2025.

At What Price Victory, MLB? – All About Baseball with Byron Copley

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Do Major League Baseball Owners Really Get What They are Paying For? – All About Baseball with Byron Copley

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that would be great in a perfect world, but the players would never go for that. I think that they should do it for the pre-arb and arb eligible players.
 
Assuming Tarik Skubal wins his arbitration case, the Tigers cash payroll for 2026 would be $180,502,500.
The Tigers cash total for 2025 was $178,924,844.
So even if Skubal wins, their payroll is increasing by less than $2 million.
 

Days of Roar Tigers Podcast: Tarik Skubal vs. Detroit Tigers: Who wins arbitration showdown? 60 minutes.

The Tarik Skubal-Detroit Tigers showdown is officially underway. The Tigers and the back-to-back American League Cy Young winner failed to reach an agreement before the arbitration deadline, filing $13 million apart: the Tigers at $19 million; Skubal at $32 million — setting up the most significant arbitration hearing in MLB history. On "Days of Roar," Evan Petzold and Chris Brown react to the massive gap, explain the importance of the $25.5 million midpoint and debate about who will win the case. We also discuss Alex Bregman signing with the Chicago Cubs — and what it means for the Tigers at third base. Evan Drellich, senior writer for The Athletic, joins the show for an in-depth interview about his expertise: labor and business in baseball. He breaks down Skubal's unprecedented arbitration case and impending free agency, looming collective bargaining agreement tensions, the possibility of another lockout and the collapse of regional sports networks.
 
Spring training report dates for Tigers:
WBC Pitchers/Catchers: Feb. 11
Non-WBC Pitchers/Catchers: Feb. 11
WBC Position Players: Feb. 12
Non-WBC Position Players: Feb. 15
First spring game: Feb. 21 vs. Yankees in Tampa.
Last spring game: March 24 vs. Rockies in Scottsdale.
 
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Ken Rosenthal is convinced Tigers are doomed to go to a hearing with Tarik Skubal

The most interesting part of the Tarik Skubal arbitration fight isn’t the dollar gap. You already know the numbers. The real story is that both sides think the
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Ken Rosenthal is convinced Tigers are doomed to go to a hearing with Tarik Skubal.
Arbitration hearings are built to be uncomfortable. The problem is the Tigers picked the worst possible player for one.
MCBTB
 
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Former division rival who has no business talking blasts Tigers over Tarik Skubal

Former Minnesota Twin Josh Donaldson decided to chime in on Detroit Tigers ace Tarik Skubal's arbitration case even though he has no business talking about it.
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Former division rival who has no business talking blasts Tigers over Tarik Skubal.
Bold words from the former Twin.
MCBTB

josh donaldson blows dead goats.
 
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SCOTT v. SCOTT

by Holly Horning What’s the most interesting news to come out of Comerica Park this off-season? Other than Tarik Skubal’s arbitration issues, that is. Ironically, it has not…
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SCOTT v. SCOTT.
Totally Tigers

What’s the most interesting news to come out of Comerica Park this off-season?
Other than Tarik Skubal’s arbitration issues, that is.
Ironically, it has nothing to do with the roster.
It has everything to do with 2 people going through a power struggle.
What do they have in common?
They both have first names of “Scott.”
 
kalinecountry said:
totallytigers.wordpress.com

SCOTT v. SCOTT

by Holly Horning What’s the most interesting news to come out of Comerica Park this off-season? Other than Tarik Skubal’s arbitration issues, that is. Ironically, it has not…
totallytigers.wordpress.com totallytigers.wordpress.com
SCOTT v. SCOTT.
Totally Tigers

What’s the most interesting news to come out of Comerica Park this off-season?
Other than Tarik Skubal’s arbitration issues, that is.
Ironically, it has nothing to do with the roster.
It has everything to do with 2 people going through a power struggle.
What do they have in common?
They both have first names of “Scott.”
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From the blog

"Bregman is going to the Cubs and his new contract is about the same as what the Tigers offered a year ago"
she is nuts if she thinks Boras didn't do right by Bregman. Tigers reported to have been 6 years for $171M, ($28.5M AAV). He got $40M from the Red Sox and just signed a 6 year $175M contract with the Cubs that will take him to 36 years old.

"Boras’ nasty comments about the Tigers, insinuating that they are cheap and unknowledgeable" Well...with the $19M arb contract offer...is he wrong?

I think Harris is out of his league trying to play games with Boras.
 
tomdalton22 said:
that would be great in a perfect world, but the players would never go for that. I think that they should do it for the pre-arb and arb eligible players.
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I agree that the genie is out of the bottle. However, your idea for only pre-arb and arb players, would, in a generation, level the playing field, if that model is continued from that point on.
 
The Tigers are signing three prospects to seven-figure bonuses in the 2026 international signing period, per sources:
C Manuel Bolivar (VEN): $2.3 million
SS Oscar Tieno (VEN): $1.45 million
OF Randy Santana (DR): $1.1 million
Next highest: OF Douglas Olivo (VEN): $900,000
 
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