Tigers exec makes curious remark about 'untouchable players' as Tarik Skubal trade rumors swirl

Detroit Tigers ace Tarik Skubal has been the centerpiece of commercialized rumors since the 2025 play ended.

Skubal enactment unneurotic different terrific play successful Motown. He was 13-6 with a 2.21 ERA and had 241 strikeouts. He won his 2nd consecutive American League Cy Young Award and could marque a lawsuit for being 1 of the top pitchers successful franchise history.

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Detroit Tigers pitcher Tarik Skubal high-fives teammates successful the dugout aft a pitching alteration during the seventh inning astatine Comerica Park successful Detroit connected Wednesday, May 14, 2025. (Junfu Han / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images)

Skubal’s aboriginal with the Tigers is clouded arsenic commercialized rumors person swirled astir him. The Los Angeles Dodgers and Boston Red Sox person already been mentioned arsenic imaginable suitors.

Tigers president of shot operations Scott Harris fanned the flames of the rumor mill arsenic helium spoke to MLB Network during the wintertime meetings successful Orlando, Florida.

"I don't judge successful untouchable players astatine immoderate level," Harris said, via ESPN. "It's not a commentary connected Tarik. It's much of a broad attack to gathering a winning organization. My occupation is to marque this enactment amended ... which means that I request to perceive to each opportunity, nary substance however apt oregon improbable it is to really happen. I've got to perceive due to the fact that we've got to get amended arsenic an organization, truthful that's our approach.

Detroit Tigers starting pitcher Tarik Skubal (29) throws against the Seattle Mariners during the 3rd inning during crippled 5 of the ALDS circular for the 2025 MLB playoffs astatine T-Mobile Park connected Oct. 10, 2025. (Steven Bisig/Imagn Images)

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"We don't person everything figured out, but it's led to a ton of occurrence successful a precise abbreviated play of time. And I tin basal present and credibly accidental that we person some a agleam contiguous and a agleam future, and this attack has led to that."

Why would the Tigers commercialized Skubal present aft back-to-back fantastic seasons?

Skubal has 1 much play near earlier helium would go a escaped agent. He’s a pitcher who could perchance request hundreds of millions of dollars successful his adjacent deal. The Tigers trading him successful the offseason oregon earlier the 2026 commercialized deadline would apt garner invaluable prospects to physique for the future.

Harris said helium wouldn’t speculate connected the anticipation of trading immoderate peculiar subordinate and that Skubal was a large portion of what the squad was trying to physique close now.

Jun 12, 2025; Baltimore, Maryland, USA; Detroit Tigers pitcher Tarik Skubal (29) looks connected during the seventh inning against the Baltimore Orioles astatine Oriole Park astatine Camden Yards connected July 12, 2025. (Daniel Kucin Jr./Imagn Images)

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Detroit was 87-75 and defeated the Cleveland Guardians successful the American League Wild Card Series. The Tigers past mislaid to the Seattle Mariners successful 5 games successful the American League Division Series.

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