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Tigers rumors: What Tarik Skubal is telling friends about MLB trade deadline desires
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The Detroit Tigers are currently seven games under .500 with just one game left before the All-Star break. With the Tigers struggling, there has been speculation that Tarik Skubal will be traded.
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Now, it is being revealed where Skubal would like to play the rest of the season , according to Bob Nightengale of USA Today.
"Skubal has informed friends that he badly wants to stay in Detroit the rest of the season, believing they have a legitimate shot at the World Series, and has zero appetite to be traded. 'I've never lost faith,' Skubal says," Nightengale wrote.
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Skubal is scheduled to become an unrestricted free agent at the end of the season, but wants to finish the season with the Tigers. He has won back-to-back American League Cy Young Awards, and despite injuries this year, he has been solid. He is 5-4 on the year with a 3.06 ERA and a 0.95 WHIP on the year.
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Further, the Tigers are playing much better baseball as of late. They have won ten of their last 12 games overall and have slowly climbed in the standings.
The Tigers are 44-51 on the season, which places them in fourth place in the AL Central. Still, they are just 5.5 games behind the Chicago White Sox and Cleveland Guardians for first place in the division. Meanwhile, they are just 2.5 games behind the Seattle Mariners and Minnesota Twins for the final wild card spot in the American League.
Detroit will have a series with the Los Angeles Angels , Chicago Cubs , Kansas City Royals , Baltimore Orioles , and Athletics coming out of the All-Star break, but before the trade deadline. The Angels, Royals, and Athletics are the bottom three teams in the American League and have a chance to put up wins. Meanwhile, the Orioles are one of the four teams currently between the Tigers and the Twins in the wild card race. If the Tigers can go on a run, they may not be looking to trade away Skubal. Still, if they falter, Skubal could be playing somewhere else for the rest of the year.
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