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Tarik Skubal
B/T R/L · 6' 3" · 240 lb · born Hayward, CA, USA · age 29 · draft 2018 rd 9 · played P 41 · MLB debut 2020-08-18
Last 14 days (through 2026-08-28): 2 G · 13.0 IP · 2.77 ERA · 18 SO · 1.15 WHIP
495 batters faced scored this season His season card →
On the record · career milestone this season
1,000 career strikeouts — Wed, Jul 29 · day game vs. Baltimore Orioles The scorecard → · The write-up →
The card rack
FlagshipTarik Skubal #BCP-108 · 2020 Bowman Chrome Prospects · 1121 recent sales 7N ▼3.7%
Live on eBay now · asking, not sold · as of 2026-09-03 · paid links
The rookieTarik Skubal #92 · 2021 Topps · 820 recent sales 7N ▲0%
Live on eBay now · asking, not sold · as of 2026-09-03 · paid links
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Scout’s note
A 6'3" left-hander from Hayward, California, drafted in the 9th round in 2018, Skubal has struck out 1,011 hitters in 154 career games. His last start: six strikeouts.
Note written · FVR scout (GLM-5.2)
We wrote about Skubal here — The Buzz August 29, 2026 · August 28, 2026 · August 23, 2026 · August 16, 2026 · and 9 more
What he’s paid
ArbitrationA market fact, not an engine read: what a club decided about him, on the season before this one. Figures from Cot’s, as of .
- 2026 salary
- $9.58M
- Tax hit
- $9.58M
- Service time
- 5 yr 114 d
- Options left
- 3 / 3
The deal 1 year $32M (2026)
On the sheet: 1 y/$32M (26) · agent Boras Corp.
After this season, as the sheet has it
| Season | 2027 |
|---|---|
| Cash | Free agent |
| Tax hit | — |
Cash and the tax hit are two different rulebooks and are never subtracted from one another — see the payroll board for his club, Los Angeles Dodgers.
A second set of books
The same contract, read by MLB Spreadsheets (Ethan Hullihen), as of . We keep two sources on this because one source cannot check itself.
- Tax AAV
- $32.0M
- Guaranteed
- $32.0M
- Term
- 1 yr
- His class
- Arb
What the sheet prices each season at
| Season | 2026 |
|---|---|
| Salary | Arb 3 |
A base salary under his own reading, and never subtracted from the cash figure above: a signing bonus lands in one and not the other, so the two disagree on most men without either being wrong. And the sheet does not mark which future seasons are GUARANTEED — a club option and a projected arbitration award are both just a number here, so read past the end of the deal as his forecast rather than as money owed.
Two sources, read a month apart, put this guarantee at the same dollar. That is the check, and it passed.
The tax AAV above is his number under the CBA’s own rulebook, not the average we work out from Cot’s total. On a contract with deferred money the two come apart on purpose — and neither is subtracted from the other.
Collect Tarik Skubal
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The Bureau on Tarik Skubal
The scouting press, in their own words
The '26 Tigers with Tarik Skubal on their active roster: 40-33. The '26 Tigers when Skubal has not been on their active roster: 23-41.
Tarik Skubal said he wanted to continue pitching into the 7th inning, but Dave Roberts said a shorter outing had been predetermined after Skubal threw 109 and 106 pitches, respectively, in his previous outings. @MLBNetwork
FINAL: Dodgers 2, Tigers 1. Skubal gets the no-decision, but he delivers a quality start and Dodgers end their losing streak.
Umpire favor
-1.4 net runs over 21 graded games — the zone cost the umpire more than it gave, on balance.
The line
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