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The Valenti Show

Best Of The Tigers on 97.1 The Ticket: Are Tigers True World Series Contenders? Will They Pay Skubal?

The Valenti Show

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Sports

3.81.1K Ratings

🗓️ 31 May 2025

⏱️ 81 minutes

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Summary

The Tigers have been at the top of the standings all season -- are they true World Series contenders? Is there a dream trade to push them over the top? Plus, what will it cost to keep Tarik Skubal? And we check in with A.J. Hinch.

Transcript

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0:00.0

all right three o'clock good to have you with us want to turn our attention to the tigers but in a

0:05.2

different way uh as you know we generally have a rule on this show we don't do the chris farley

0:11.1

s and l skit of hey the tires are really good isn't it great two for a yes they're good it's also may

0:18.2

there are more interesting ways to do this. And I think one of them is,

0:23.4

let's look at what Scoobble did the other day. And I want to ask a question. And before you call,

0:28.9

text, or curse to the sky, I want you to just take a beat and think. So Terrick Scoobel,

0:35.5

complete game shutout.

0:42.9

First of his career, 13 strikeouts, and it really saved the series to a point.

0:48.2

When you're dealing from ahead the way the Tigers are, you lose three out of four,

0:52.3

you're still four up in the division versus two up.

0:54.8

Losing three of four is an ideal.

0:56.2

But make no mistake.

0:56.7

Right.

0:59.6

Now, if you got swept out of the ballpark, problematic.

1:05.7

But Scoobles, the saver, the stopper, the ace, the undisputed best pitcher in the American league.

1:07.0

So I wanted to go past the complete game as I present this question.

1:10.8

I want to offer you, because I'm big on sample size.

1:14.0

I hate when you get some goofball from the miners comes up, hit 600, and you're like, right, it's 13 at bats.

1:19.9

No, you are.

1:20.9

That's why I'm waiting until June 1st to bring up Tiger stuff.

1:25.0

No, you can do whatever you want.

1:27.2

I'm going to say 90 win team. But, you can do whatever you want. I'm going to say 90-win team.

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