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The Detroit Tigers (23-38) are tied with the Los Angeles Angels and Colorado Rockies for the worst record in MLB, and superstar left-hander Tarik Skubal is a free agent after this season; We know the procedure here.
With that in mind, which team does it make the most sense to trade for the back-to-back American League Cy Young Award winner? Dontrelle Willis believes that team is the Milwaukee Brewers.
“I would love to see them [the Brewers] “Get Skubal because he has big-game experience and can go out on the road and stop the opposing team’s offense, whether it’s the Los Angeles Dodgers or the Atlanta Braves or anyone else, especially coming from the left side,” FOX Sports’ MLB analyst said Monday. “This is a situation where, if you’re a Brewers fan, you want them to take the next step because they’ve been to the postseason, but they’ve had a lot of heartbreak, especially in recent memory, in some tough moments.
“Go out and get that [Skubal]It may seem like a CC Sabathia move, and you saw what that did.”
Skubal is recovering from an elbow injury that has kept him off an MLB mound for the past month, and the consensus is that the left-hander could return to the Tigers in early July. FOX Sports MLB insider Ken Rosenthal recently reported that there is a “trend” for the Tigers to move Skubal before the 2026 MLB trade deadline (August 3).
In the seven starts he has made this season, Skubal has a 2.70 ERA, 0.95 WHIP, totaled 45 strikeouts, 156 ERA+ and 1.7 wins above replacement in 43 ⅓ innings pitched. Skubal led American League starters in ERA and WAR in both 2024 and 2025, finished with a WHIP under one in three consecutive seasons (2023-25) and recorded 234.5 strikeouts per year from 2024-25.
As for the potential trade deal, the Brewers have been on fire over the past month, as they’ve won 18 of their last 23 games and are now 36-21, good for a five and a half game lead in first place in the National League Central. Skubal would join a Milwaukee starting rotation that is already among the best in the game, as the Brewers’ starting staff is tied for first in the MLB in opponent batting average (.208), is third in ERA (3.13), tied for third in WHIP (1.11) and tied for seventh in strikeouts (319). Of course, they’re just 26th in innings pitched (279.1).
In what is his first full season at the MLB level, Brewers ace Jacob Misiorowski is the favorite to win the NL Cy Young Award, as the right-handed pitcher boasts a 1.65 ERA, an NL-best 0.79 WHIP, and 108 strikeouts, a 249 ERA+, and three wins above replacement. Meanwhile, left-hander Kyle Harrison has a 1.57 ERA, 1.03 WHIP, 61 strikeouts, 263 ERA+ and 2.4 wins above replacement. His success comes against the backdrop of the offseason trade of Milwaukee ace Freddy Peralta and fellow right-hander Tobias Myers to the New York Mets.
Regarding the Willis comparison, the Brewers made a blockbuster trade for Cleveland ace CC Sabathia in 2008, which helped propel them to an NL wild card berth. Across his 17 regular-season starts with the Brewers, the Hall of Fame left-hander pitched seven complete games and posted a combined ERA of 1.65.
The Brewers are coming off a 2025 campaign in which they won an MLB-best 97 games in the regular season, but then were swept by the Dodgers in the National League Championship Series. While Milwaukee has made the playoffs in seven of the last eight seasons, it has reached the National League Championship Series just twice during that span (2018 and 2025). The Brewers, who have never won a World Series, have not reached the Fall Classic since 1982.
