US EditionTigers, Tarik Skubal Headed Toward Historic Arbitration Showdown?
Skubal seeks $32 million, Tigers offer $19 million, creating the largest arbitration salary gap ever and setting up a potential hearing in late January or early February.
- On Jan. 8, 2026, the Detroit Tigers and Tarik Skubal failed to reach a deal and posted bids to the Major League Baseball arbitration process, with Skubal seeking $32,000,000 and Detroit offering $19,000,000.
- Given his back-to-back Cy Young seasons, Skubal's value surged after dominant 2025 numbers, while the Tigers' strategy helps explain their $19,000,000 offer.
- Because of procedural options, the three-person panel will pick one salary, with Skubal likely to invoke a provision to surpass the $31 million record, seeking more than $23 million.
- Trade and roster implications include the Tigers settling with seven other arbitration-eligible players Thursday while the Dodgers monitor Skubal's case, which could set a record raise for a pitcher.
- Arbitration hearings are scheduled in late January and early February, with both sides able to negotiate until then; the Detroit Tigers settled with seven players Thursday, leaving Tarik Skubal unresolved.
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Boston Herald
Independent EspañolBy RONALD BLUM NEW YORK (AP) — Tarik Skubal, two-time winner of the American League’s Cy Young award, requested a record $32 million in wage arbitration on Thursday, while the Detroit Tigers offered the left-handed pitcher 19 million. Skubal was the most prominent of the 166 players eligible for arbitration at the start of the day and was among the 18 who exchanged figures with their teams. Those without agreements will attend hearings before th…
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