Twice consecutive American League Cy Young Award winner Tarik Skubal is one of the best pitchers, if not the best, in MLB. This winter, he entered the final year of his contract with the Detroit Tigers, and the two sides couldn't reach an agreement on his salary for the upcoming season. Skubal and the Tigers could go to an arbitration hearing if they don't settle before the scheduled date.
Detroit and Skubal filed salary figures so far apart that they seemed destined for a trial — the Tigers filed at $19 million while Skubal and his agent, Scott Boras, filed at $32 million, which would be the highest arbitration salary for a player in MLB history.