The Detroit Tigers are having one of their strongest first halves of a season in franchise history, currently sitting at the top of the American League Central Division, with ambitions that go beyond just winning the division title.
With the possibility of returning to the playoffs and even securing homefield advantage, manager AJ Hinch’s team is focused on finishing strong as they approach the Major League Baseball All-Star Break on Tuesday, July 15.
Recently, a well known Detroit sports personality and longtime announcer fired a crucial warning to the Tigers organization with ace Tarik Skubal’s contract situation still up in the air and Detroit in pursuit of an AL pennant and World Series appearance.
“He is going to walk away a year and three months from now, and we get nothing in return,” host Sean Baligian of the Woodward Sports Network warned about the Tigers lefty starter, who won the American League Cy Young Award last season.
“I’m convinced.”
Baligian, who announces football and hockey games at downtown Detroit based Wayne State University and has a vote in the Heisman race, warned that the Tigers must keep Skubal to maintain realistic hopes of winning a World Series.
“I think that at that point in time you’re throwing away any chance you have of a World Series, you’re throwing it away, you’re just going, ‘We don’t care about the World Series.
“I have a feeling that’s how it’s going to end. I hope I’m wrong,” Baligian, a mainstay on Detroit sports talk radio and television shows, continued as he revealed his controversial comments on the superstar Detroit Tigers pitcher.
Skubal is under contract through 2026 and could become a free agent the following year. Both Skubal and Tigers management have discussed a possible contract extension without an agreement.
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