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Tarik Skubal vs. Detroit Tigers: Who wins arbitration showdown? Evan Drellich on MLB labor, business issues

Tarik Skubal vs. Detroit Tigers: Who wins arbitration showdown? Evan Drellich on MLB labor, business issues

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The Tarik Skubal-Detroit Tigers showdown is officially underway. The Tigers and the back-to-back American League Cy Young winner failed to reach an agreement before the arbitration deadline, filing $13 million apart: the Tigers at $19 million; Skubal at $32 million — setting up the most significant arbitration hearing in MLB history. On "Days of Roar," Evan Petzold and Chris Brown react to the massive gap, explain the importance of the $25.5 million midpoint and debate about who will win the case. We also discuss Alex Bregman signing with the Chicago Cubs — and what it means for the Tigers at third base. Evan Drellich, senior writer for The Athletic, joins the show for an in-depth interview about his expertise: labor and business in baseball. He breaks down Skubal's unprecedented arbitration case and impending free agency, looming collective bargaining agreement tensions, the possibility of another lockout and the collapse of regional sports networks.

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