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01/08 20:09 CST Tarik Skubal asks for record $32 million in arbitration while
Detroit Tigers offer $19 million
Tarik Skubal asks for record $32 million in arbitration while Detroit Tigers
offer $19 million
By RONALD BLUM
AP Baseball Writer
NEW YORK (AP) --- Two-time AL Cy Young Award winner Tarik Skubal asked for a
record $32 million in salary arbitration on Thursday while the Detroit Tigers
offered the left-hander $19 million.
Skubal was the most prominent of the 166 players eligible for arbitration at
the start of the day who swapped figures with their teams. Those without
agreements face hearings before a three-person panels from Jan. 26 to Feb. 13
in Scottsdale, Arizona.
Toronto first baseman Vladimir Guerrero Jr. has the highest salary in an
arbitration case decided by a panel, winning at $19.9 million in 2024. Colorado
third baseman Nolan Arenado submitted a record request of $30 million in 2019,
then agreed to a $260 million, eight-year contract.
Juan Soto's $31 million contract with the New York Yankees in 2024 is the
largest one-year deal for an arbitration-eligible player and David Price has
the highest negotiated salary in a one-year contract for an
arbitration-eligible pitcher, a $19.75 million agreement with Detroit in 2015.
A two-time All-Star, the 29-year-old Skubal will be eligible for free agency
after the World Series. He is 54-37 with a 3.08 ERA in six major league seasons.
Skubal was 13-6 with an AL-best 2.21 ERA in 31 starts last year, striking out
241 and walking 33 in 195 1/3 innings while earning $10.5 million. His 0.891
WHIP topped qualified pitchers.
Among those striking deals were Seattle outfielder Randy Arozarena ($15.65
million), Cincinnati right-hander Brady Singer ($12.75 million), Baltimore
outfielder Taylor Ward ($12,175,000), Philadelphia left-hander Jess Luzardo
($11 million), Seattle right-hander Logan Gilbert (($10,927,000), Toronto
outfielder Daulton Varsho ($10.75 million), and New York Yankees infielder Jazz
Chisholm Jr. and Philadelphia third baseman Alec Bohm (both $10.2 million).
Teams went 5-4 in hearings last winter, leaving clubs with a 358-270 advantage
since arbitration started in 1974.
All agreements for arbitration-eligible players are guaranteed but deals that
go to panel decisions are not.
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