The best move the Detroit Tigers made at the deadline was to keep their best player.
Most of the rumors at the trade deadline in 2024 surrounded the same few players, who people weren't sure would be moved or not. One of those names, maybe the biggest, wasace Tarik Skubal. However, the Tigers decided to not trade the AL Cy Young front runner and it's put them in a spot they likely wouldn't have been in had they made the move.
A first time All-Star, Skubal is likely to win the AL Cy Young, maybe even unanimously. In 30 starts, Skubal has thrown 192 innings to the tune of a 2.39 ERA with a 17-4 record, 228 strikeouts and a 0.92 WHIP.He has been nothing short of an elite pitcher this year. It's one of the best seasons by a Tigers pitcher since the Justin Verlander and Max Scherzer days.
The team had sent Jack Flaherty, a pitchers having a stellar bounceback season, off to Los Angeles. Kenta Maeda has not been his old self and has nearly a 6.00 ERA and both Reese Olson and Casey Mize spent time on the injured list. He has, without a doubt, kept them in this race. Had they dealt him, it's hard to imagine they would be in position to make the postseason in what's been a crazy AL Central race.
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