With a variety of pitches, including a 97-mph sinker, a 97-mph four-seam fastball, and a changeup in the upper 80s, Detroit Tigers lefthander Tarik Skubal has been one of the toughest pitchers to face this season. He’s won 13 games and posted an eye-popping WHIP of just 0.891.
The difficulty in facing him extends beyond the batter’s box.
In the bottom of the fourth inning of Tuesday’s Wild Card game between the Tigers and the Cleveland Indians, Cleveland outfielder Angel Martínez dug into the batter’s box to try and get a hit off the lefty. With the count at 0-2, Skubal dialed up one of those four-seam fastballs up in the
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