Reigning American League Cy Young winner Tarik Skubal lost his first two outings of 2025, surrendering seven earned runs over 10 2/3 innings of work for the Detroit Tigers. Since then he has been aggressively unhittable—even more so than he was in his breakout campaign last year. The hard-throwing lefty pitched seven innings of one-run ball against the Texas Rangers on Friday night, racking up 12 strikeouts and inducing a ridiculous 32 whiffs.
Through eight starts he now sits at 4–2 and has lowered his ERA to 2.08 ERA and is right back on track when it comes to defending his Triple Crown. Friday night's magic allowed him to make some very specific—but also very impressive—MLB history.
