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Tarik Skubal gets candid about the Tigers’ playoff run this season


Detroit Tigers starting pitcher Tarik Skubal #29 pitches during the first inning against the Cleveland Cavaliers at Progressive Field on May 20, 2022 in Cleveland, Ohio.
(Photo by Jason Miller/Getty Images)

The Detroit Tigers are perhaps the biggest Cinderella story to come out of this Major League Baseball season.

At one point in the regular season, the Tigers were eight games under .500 and their postseason hopes appeared dead.

Not only did the Tigers sneak their way into the postseason, they also knocked off the Houston Astros, who have made seven straight American League Championship appearances.

A big reason for this Tigers team’s success has been their ace pitcher Tarik Skubal, and he revealed his thoughts on the Tigers’ playoff run this season.

“There were no expectations for us, so we’re just going to go out there and win,” Skubal said.

Skubal is only 27 years old, but was considered a veteran on this young Tigers team.

The Tigers made their first postseason and American League appearance since 2014, having missed the playoffs for nine consecutive seasons.

Scubal appears to be the front-runner to win the American League Cy Young Award, and he has been dominant for much of the postseason.

His regular season stats included an 18-4 record with a 2.39 earned run average and 228 strikeouts in 192.0 innings.

A dominant regular season carried into the postseason where he started three games and had a 2.37 earned run average with 20 strikeouts in 19.0 innings.

Although the Tigers lost to the Cleveland Cavaliers in the ALDS, they took them to five games before ultimately falling short.

The Tigers and their young staff will look to repeat their success as they prepare for the 2025 season.


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