Tarik Skubal

Tarik Daniel Skubal (born November 20, 1996) is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Detroit Tigers of Major League Baseball (MLB).

Tarik Skubal
Detroit Tigers – No. 29
Pitcher
Born: (1996-11-20) November 20, 1996
Hayward, California
Bats: Right Throws: Left
MLB debut
August 18, 2020, for the Detroit Tigers
MLB statistics
(through 2020 season)
Win–loss record1–4
Earned run average5.63
Strikeouts37
Teams

Career

Skubal's father Russ, is a middle-school science teacher and basketball coach.[1] His mother, Laura Skubal, is a development services employee with Mohave County. He has three brothers - Treyvor, Tyler, and Trent.[2]

He attended Kingman Academy of Learning in Kingman, Arizona and played college baseball at Seattle University. He missed most of the 2016 season and all of 2017 after undergoing Tommy John Surgery. Despite the injury, he was drafted by the Arizona Diamondbacks in the 29th round of the 2017 Major League Baseball draft, but did not sign and returned to Seattle.[3] He was then drafted by the Detroit Tigers in the ninth round of the 2018 MLB draft and signed.[4][5]

Skubal spent his first professional season with the Gulf Coast Tigers, Connecticut Tigers and West Michigan Whitecaps, pitching to a combined 3–0 record and 0.40 ERA in 22.1 innings pitched.[6] He started 2019 with the Lakeland Flying Tigers.[7] He would impress throughout the season and earn a call-up to the Erie SeaWolves on July 5th. Over his first three starts with Erie, he held a 0.56 ERA with 34 strikeouts and giving up just five hits in sixteen innings. His performances over the season would earn him a jump on the MLB.com 2019 Prospect Watch from a preseason #20 ranking in the Tigers' organization, to a #4 spot in the midseason update on July 27th.[8] He would finish the season at the Double-A level with a 2–3 record, 2.13 ERA, 1.02 WHIP, and with opponents hitting just .168 off him. Overall in 2019 (two minor league levels), Skubal struck out 179 batters in only ​122 2⁄3 innings.

He was invited to Spring Training by the Tigers in 2020.[9][10] On August 18, 2020, Skubal was recalled by the Tigers from their satellite training facility in Toledo, and made his MLB debut later that day.[11][12] On August 29, 2020, Skubal earned his first major league win against the Minnesota Twins. In five innings pitched, Skubal allowed two earned runs and three hits while striking out two and walking none in the Tigers 4–2 win.[13] With the 2020 Detroit Tigers, Skubal appeared in 8 games, compiling a 1-4 record with 5.63 ERA and 37 strikeouts in 32.0 innings pitched.[14] His 95.4 mph-average cutter was the fastest cutter of any major league pitcher for the 2020 season.[15]

References
  3. "Life throws Skubal a curveball, but Academy grad makes the best of it". Kingman Daily Miner.
  4. "Kingman Academy grad Skubal drafted in ninth round of MLB Draft". Kingman Daily Miner.
  5. "Skubal taking the next step in his baseball journey". Kingman Daily Miner.
  6. Eddy, Dave (February 13, 2019). "5 Prospects Who Should Have Made the Detroit Tigers Top 50".
  7. Seidel, Jeff. "Meet Detroit Tigers lefty prospect Tarik Skubal, maybe the steal of 2018 draft". Detroit Free Press.
  8. "MLB.com 2019 Prospect Watch". Major League Baseball. Retrieved 2019-07-27.
  9. https://theathletic.com/1623070/2020/02/20/the-rise-of-tarik-skubal/>
  10. "Tigers' Tarik Skubal makes it look so easy in spring debut". mlive. February 21, 2020.
  11. Jason Beck (August 17, 2020). "Tigers call up top prospects Mize, Skubal". MLB.com. Retrieved August 19, 2020.
  12. Jason Beck (August 18, 2020). "'He just hits': Paredes impresses in debut". MLB.com. Retrieved August 19, 2020.
  13. Beck, Jason (August 29, 2020). "Something old, new lead Tigers in DH sweep". MLB.com. Retrieved August 31, 2020.
  14. https://www.mlb.com/player/tarik-skubal-669373
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