Happy Wednesday everyone, and it is indeed a happy day because the Tigers have won two games in a row, Jack Flaherty had a shutout, and no matter what happens today, they have won their series against the Rays. It feels good to be watching fun baseball again! Of course, this only muddies the water of what’s to come for the team. When they were losing every series, the next steps felt obvious. As they start to do well again, it creates excitement and the idea that they could dig in and actually make
a push for one of the wild card spots. Given how bad the AL in general has been this season, it feels like anything is possible with the right run of good luck.
So, it remains to be seen what direction the Tigers will go, but one thing you can count on as Tarik Skubal inches closer to his return, is that there will be rumors and they will be plentiful. So we’ll share them with you, and leave it up to you to debate: will he stay or will he go? Or perhaps more importantly: if the Tigers have no intention of extending him, should he stay?
We’ve got that and more in today’s news, so let’s just get right into it.
Detroit Tigers News
- Jay Jaffe explains that the blame for the Tigers’ collapse does not entirely belong to their starting rotation.
- Mark Feinsand looks at some of the biggest questions ahead of the Trade Deadline, and naturally one of those questions remains: will the Tigers trade Tarik Skubal? He was non-commital about his response but did conclude by saying:
The biggest question surrounding a potential trade will be Skubal’s health. The lefty is working his way back from last month’s elbow surgery, and as long as he proves that the issue is behind him, Skubal should command a healthy return if the Tigers decide to move him.
- Jim Bowden shared seven potential trade options for Tarik Skubal.
- Is it too early to start counting down to his return?
- What is this betrayal by J.K. Simmons???
AL Central News
MLB News
- Corbin Carroll has really mastered his approach against lefties.
- Elly De La Cruz is making his first-ever trip to the IL.
- You think the Tigers are having a rough stretch? Nothing seems to be going right for the Cubs.
- Josh Bell recalls some of the most memorable of his 200 home runs.
- How did the Dodgers manage to fix their two most glaring flaws.
- Old friend Max Scherzer pitched three scoreless innings in his first rehab start.
- The A’s have called up pitching prospect Kade Morris.
- A look at Cristopher Sanchez’s historic scoreless run.
- Eight teams whose playoff dreams might already be dead. (Sorry, Tigers fans, you had to know they’d be on this list.)
- Ranking the top contending cities for MLB expansion.
- Some fun facts about the Yankees’ 13-run inning.
- An MLBPA negotiator is trying to clear the space between both sides when it comes to CBA negotiations.
- During his return to Philadelphia with the Padres this week, Nick Castellanos reflected on his time with the Phillies.
- A spotlight on Andrelton Simmons, whose sudden exit from baseball was quite the surprise. ($)
- A look into the “tarps off” craze currently sweeping through baseball stadiums. (S)
- On June 2, MLB commemorated Lou Gehrig Day.
- Young, Younger, Youngest.
