"Players with more than three years of major league service time can use the arbitration process to negotiate their salaries for the upcoming season with clubs. If the two sides don't come to terms on a deal by the deadline, they swap numbers that they take into an arbitration hearing. Players and teams can come to a deal after Thursday's deadline to avoid a hearing, in which a three-person panel listens to both sides and chooses a winner."
"But the Tigers have historically been a "file-and-trial" team, meaning they operate with 8 p.m. as a hard deadline and go to a hearing if a deal isn't in place by then. Skubal, 29, will receive a hefty raise either way after recording a 2.21 ERA with 241 strikeouts in 195 ⅓ innings across 31 starts as the ace for a club that reached the postseason for the second consecutive year."
Tarik Skubal and the Detroit Tigers did not agree on a contract for the 2026 season before the Thursday 8 p.m. ET arbitration deadline. Skubal is a two-time defending American League Cy Young Award winner who settled for $10.15 million last year to avoid a hearing and is slated to reach free agency after 2026. Players with more than three years of service can use arbitration, exchanging salary figures that go before a three-person panel if no deal is reached. The Tigers have historically treated 8 p.m. as a hard deadline and often proceed to hearings. Skubal posted a 2.21 ERA with 241 strikeouts in 195 1/3 innings across 31 starts.
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