Tarik Skubal

Bats R Throws L6'3" 240 lbBorn 1996 Hayward, USADebut 2020Team DET2x All-StarDraft 2017 R29 #862 Arizona Diamondbacks, SeattleContract 1 y/$32M (26) 2026: $9,582,888

Awards: AL Cy Young x2, All-MLB First Team x2

Projections

Season	BF	K%	BB%	HR%	1B%	XBH%	PITCH+
2026	607	30.1	5.2	2.94	20.6	6.49	117.4
2027							114.7
2028							110.5

Projected rates are per plate appearance or batter faced; counting stats scale with projected playing time. Statcast measurements inform these projections as inputs and are reported as measurements, not projected.

Most similar through age 28

His ten closest age-28 comparables averaged 111 PITCH+ the next season; 10 of 10 played. Averages cover only the players who got a next season, which is why the played count matters.

#	Player	Through	PITCH+ then	Next season	Next PA / BF
1	Justin Verlander	2011	110.5	115.9	956
2	Max Fried	2022	109.4	112.3	311
3	Gerrit Cole	2019	109.8	113.7	288
4	Dan Haren	2009	109.7	100.6	994
5	Johnny Cueto	2014	106.4	107.6	866
6	Corbin Burnes	2023	115.0	112.9	784
7	Clayton Kershaw	2016	120.3	119.7	679
8	Brandon Woodruff	2021	115.5	110.0	620
9	Stephen Strasburg	2017	113.6	104.3	544
10	Carlos Rodon	2021	103.1	117.5	710

Batting

Year	Team	G	PA	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	HIT+
2025	DET	31	0	0
2024	DET	31	0	0
2023	DET	15	0	0
2022	DET	21	0	0
2021	DET	31	3	2	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	-108.9
2020	DET	8	0	0
Career		137	3	2	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	-108.9

Pitching

Year	Team	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	BF	HR	BB	SO	PITCH+
2027 proj									607				114.7
2026*									446				119.0	101.2	120.2
2025	DET	13	6	2.21	31	31	0	195.3	748	18	33	241	123.3	100.4	123.7
2024	DET	18	4	2.39	31	31	0	192.0	753	15	35	228	120.7	102.4	123.1
2023	DET	7	3	2.80	15	15	0	80.3	310	4	14	102	125.9	100.1	126.0
2022	DET	7	8	3.52	21	21	0	117.7	477	9	32	117	107.0	100.2	107.3
2021	DET	8	12	4.34	31	29	0	149.3	634	35	47	164	93.5	101.0	94.5
2020	DET	1	4	5.62	8	7	0	32.0	134	9	11	37	94.8	100.2	95.1
Career		54	37	3.08	137	134	0	766.7	3056	90	172	889	112.9		113.9

Statcast

Year	PA	EV	LA	Barrel%	HardHit%	Whiff%	Chase%	xBA	xSLG	xwOBA	Sprint
2021	3			0.0	0.0	50.0	25.0	0.000	0.000	0.000

Fielding

Year	Team	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Runs saved
2025	DET	P	31	195	4	16	1	0	0.952	+0.4
2024	DET	P	31	192	7	19	3	2	0.897	+2.2
2023	DET	P	15	80	4	6	0	0	1.000	+0.0
2022	DET	P	21	118	2	13	1	1	0.938	+0.1
2021	DET	P	31	149	4	15	3	0	0.864	+0.8
2020	DET	P	8	32	0	3	0	1	1.000	+0.0

Runs saved covers the Statcast era; for catchers it includes framing.

Minor leagues

Year	Level	Team	Side	PA / BF	Line	AVG / ERA
2023	AAA	Toledo Mud Hens	Pit	37	9.2 IP, 35% K	1.96
2019	AA	Erie SeaWolves	Pit	170	42.1 IP, 48% K	2.14
2019	A+	Lakeland Flying Tigers	Pit	320	80.1 IP, 30% K	2.58
2018	A	West Michigan Whitecaps	Pit	26	7.1 IP, 42% K	0.00

Splits

Year	vs LHP	vs RHP	Home	Away
2021	0.000			0.000

wOBA by split, from pitch level data, 2015 on. For pitchers the split is the batter side faced.

Postseason pitching

Year	W	L	ERA	G	GS	IP	H	HR	BB	SO	WHIP
2025	1	0	1.78	3	3	20.2	10	2	4	36	0.69
2024	1	1	2.37	3	3	19.0	13	1	2	20	0.79
Career	2	1	2.07	6	6	39.2	23	3	6	56	0.74