{"id":130024,"date":"2025-12-13T14:50:53","date_gmt":"2025-12-13T14:50:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=130024"},"modified":"2025-12-13T14:50:53","modified_gmt":"2025-12-13T14:50:53","slug":"why-the-latest-tarik-skubal-rumor-demands-red-sox-front-office-action","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=130024","title":{"rendered":"Why the Latest Tarik Skubal Rumor Demands Red Sox Front Office Action."},"content":{"rendered":"<article id=\"post-24259\">\n<header>\n<div>\n<figure>\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images2.minutemediacdn.com\/image\/upload\/c_crop,x_0,y_178,w_3805,h_2140\/c_fill,w_720,ar_16:9,f_auto,q_auto,g_auto\/images\/ImagnImages\/mmsport\/inside_the_red_sox\/01kc9jxejs9j5aqsqn5h.jpg\" alt=\"Tigers pitcher Tarik Skubal celebrates striking out Mariners catcher Cal Raleigh I the sixth inning of ALDS Game 5 at T-Mobile Park in Seattle on Friday, Oct. 10, 2025\" \/><\/div><figcaption>Tigers pitcher Tarik Skubal celebrates striking out Mariners catcher Cal Raleigh I the sixth inning of ALDS Game 5 at T-Mobile Park in Seattle on Friday, Oct. 10, 2025 | Junfu Han \/ USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<hr \/>\n<\/header>\n<div>\n<figure>\n<div id=\"mmvid\"><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<div>\n<p id=\"inline-text-0\">The Boston Red Sox already have landed two starting pitchers this offseason. There\u2019s an argument that the club doesn\u2019t need any more pitching. But if one of the best hurlers in baseball becomes available, you listen.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-1\">Tarik Skubal is the two-time reigning American League Cy Young Award winner and has\u00a0one more year of control\u00a0left before he likely will land some sort of massive contract. Because of that, there have been trade rumors all offseason around the Detroit Tigers.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-2\"><em>If you like our content,\u00a0<\/em>choose Sports Illustrated as a preferred source on Google.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-3\">Detroit shouldn\u2019t trade Skubal. The Tigers could contend in 2026 with Skubal at the top of the rotation, but\u00a0ESPN\u2019s Jorge Castillo\u00a0dropped an intriguing nugget after thw winter meetings that the Red Sox\u2019s front office should be all over.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"inline-text-4\" role=\"presentation\" aria-hidden=\"true\" data-uw-rm-heading=\"hide\"><strong>The Red Sox should call the Detroit Tigers<\/strong><span data-uw-reader-element=\"\" data-uw-rm-ignore=\"\">Empty heading<\/span><\/h2>\n<figure><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/c5kebToRxDE?feature=oembed\" width=\"480\" height=\"270\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/figure>\n<p id=\"inline-text-6\">\u201cWhat is the most interesting thing you heard this week in Orlando? That a Tarik Skubal trade is likely,\u201d Castillo wrote. \u201cHere\u2019s what we know: Detroit Tigers president of baseball operations Scott Harris can shut down speculation by simply saying he is not trading Skubal and he has not done that. Instead, he noted this week that there aren\u2019t any \u2018untouchables\u2019 on his roster. Trading the best pitcher in baseball when you\u2019re trying to compete would upset the fan base, but the Tigers, knowing re-signing Skubal next winter is unlikely, appear open to it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-7\">If Skubal is available, he\u2019s the guy Boston needs to go all in on. The Red Sox have plenty of pitching depth now after acquiring Sonny Gray and Johan Oviedo, to go along with the young guys already on the roster. On top of this, Boston has big league talent that could be moved, like\u00a0Jarren Duran\u00a0and Wilyer Abreu. Plus, in general, the Red Sox still boast one of the top overall farm systems in baseball.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-8\">Last offseason, the Red Sox were willing to invest in Juan Soto at a historic level, although they lost the sweepstakes. Now, a year later, the Red Sox don\u2019t have Rafael Devers on the books any longer and Skubal is a legit game-changer.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-9\">A trade would cost a lot and then you\u2019d have to either roll the dice and see if he re-signs in free agency, or hand him an extension right away. Either way, Skubal is the guy you go in on, if he\u2019s actually available.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Boston Red Sox already have landed two starting pitchers this offseason. There\u2019s an argument that the club doesn\u2019t need any more pitching. 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