SI:AM | Tigers' Recent Skid Makes Tarik Skubal Trade More Likely

Detroit’s Tarik Skubal is becoming a more likely trade target as the deadline on Monday approaches, amid a recent slide by the Tigers. More than 34,000 fans filled Comerica Park in Detroit on Wednesday afternoon for Skubal, the back-to-back Cy Young winner who is set to become a free agent at season’s end. Detroit’s record is 51-58, making a playoff push less certain in the AL Central. ESPN’s Jeff Passan said Skubal “will be traded,” and Skubal’s start versus the Orioles was described as his final before the deadline, though Detroit led 7-1 before losing 10-9 in extra innings. Fangraphs places Detroit’s playoff odds at 24.9%.