Tigers’ Tarik Skubal Sends Dodgers Warning After $182 Million Loss

BusinessSportsMoneyTigers’ Tarik Skubal Sends Dodgers Warning After $182 Million LossByPeter Chawaga,Contributor.Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Peter Chawaga is a writer and editor covering Major League Baseball.Follow AuthorMay 22, 2026, 09:23am EDT--:-- / --:--This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more.This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more.DETROIT, MI - SEPTEMBER 18: Tarik Skubal #29 of the Detroit Tigers looks on from the dugout prior to the game against the Cleveland Guardians at Comerica Park on September 18, 2025 in Detroit, Michigan. The Guardians defeated the Tigers 3-1. (Photo by Mark Cunningham/MLB Photos via Getty Images)MLB Photos via Getty ImagesThe Los Angeles Dodgers are the favorites to capture a third-straight World Series title this season, but at least one significant weakness has emerged.Despite collecting a variety of frontline starter arms over the last few seasons, and even with two-way superstar Shohei Ohtani pitching in Cy Young form, the Dodgers might be a little more thin than they anticipated in the rotation after losing Blake Snell to an elbow injury.“After landing on the injured list for the second time this season, the left-hander will undergo surgery … to address the loose bodies in his throwing elbow,” Katie Woo wrote for The Athletic. “Snell will become the second MLB player to undergo the NanoScope surgery this month, following Detroit Tigers ace Tarik Skubal.”ForbesPhillies Skipper Responds To Yankees Scandal After Update From Ex-TeammateBy Peter ChawagaDetroit Tigers Ace Tarik Skubal Sends Warning About Los Angeles Dodgers’ Blake Snell’s SurgeryGiven the fact that Snell has only been healthy enough to pitch less than 65 total innings in the first two years of his five-year, $182 million contract so far, the Dodgers are hoping that the innovative surgery can hasten his return to the mound and fortify him for a significant run.But after becoming the first big-league ac...