The interaction was clearly tongue-in-cheek, but it spotlighted the inevitable negotiations ahead for the Tigers ace.

The Detroit Tigers have been one of the better teams in Major League Baseball over the past year and a half, and plenty of that has to fall on what left-hander Tarik Skubal has done on the mound.

Tarik Skubal made history on Sunday. The Tigers right-hander and defending American League Cy Young award winner became the first pitcher in MLB history to throw a nine-inning, complete-game ...

Tarik Skubal fulfilled his role as the Detroit Tigers' ace on Sunday, salvaging a win in a four-game series with the Cleveland Guardians and ending a three-game losing streak. The reigning ...

At least Tarik ... Skubal recorded Sunday were the most ever in a Maddux, topping the 12 recorded by Cleveland’s Carlos Carrasco in 2014, the Phillies’ Cliff Lee in 2011 and the Dodgers ...