Will Tigers Pony up for Skubal

[4hzglory]

1 hour ago, AlaskanTigersFan said:

Only a matter of time I think until Skenes duplicates this. Those two are on another level right now. 

How soon until Painter does 

Edited 6 hours ago by 4hzglory

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50 minutes ago, SoCalTiger said:

Considering the youth of our core both up and in the minors it does seem possible to pay one person 40 mil plus and still remain at or below 200 per year. 
Maybe Skubal was who Greenberg was referring when he said “we are concentrating on pitching “

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[Jason_R]

1 hour ago, gehringer_2 said:

I don't there are many players who don't have at least some reluctance to leave their first team, esp when it's the team that drafted them and brought them all the way to the majors. The question is always how 'some reluctance' does or doesn't translate into actually being willing to take any less than the highest bidder's offer!

I'm sure there are players who come up in bad franchises and are eager to move to good ones. I think this franchise generally treats players well (maybe not a third-of-a-billion-dollars well, but we will see). I suspect Skubal also knows he is not likely to find a better manager/pitching coach combo than Hinch/Fetter. He has good catching here too, and it seems generally that it is a good clubhouse. Maybe Skubal could find a better situation somewhere, but there are an awful lot of ways his situation could get worse. 

[AlaskanTigersFan]

4 hours ago, 4hzglory said:

How soon until Painter does 

I get the sarcasm, but I'll still go with 6 years. 🙂