The Detroit Tigers, MLB's first team to 60 wins and current holders of the best record in baseball, are going to go ahead and hold onto All-Star Game starting pitcher Tarik Skubal at the MLB trade deadline (breaking!). But Detroit's current reality as fervent buyers didn't stop former New York Yankees outfielder Cameron Maybin from getting a future frenzy started early on Sunday night, while the Tigers were battling the Rangers deep in the heart of Texas.
Skubal's bulldog performance — briefly undone by reliever Tyler Holton uncorking a two-out, two-strike wild pitch to tie the game, then salvaged by Matt Vierling's game-winner — had all of Detroit exhaling and on its feet.