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Skubal: Tigers must rise before deadline 'or else'...
Key takeaways
- Ace left-hander Tarik Skubal has made it clear as the Detroit Tigers continue to drop games and fall further out of contention as the clock ticks down to the trade deadline: "Play better baseball or else."
- And if the Tigers fall further out of contention, they have the option of trading the two-time defending American League Cy Young Award winner.
- "And if they don't think what we have is a World Series- or playoff-caliber team, then the whole team is going to look different.
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Ace left-hander Tarik Skubal has made it clear as the Detroit Tigers continue to drop games and fall further out of contention as the clock ticks down to the trade deadline: "Play better baseball or else."
Skubal, who will make his second start Friday since having an innovative surgical procedure on May 6 to remove bone fragments from his elbow, could be in line for a precedent-setting contract as he is set to enter free agency after this season.
And if the Tigers fall further out of contention, they have the option of trading the two-time defending American League Cy Young Award winner.
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