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Detroit Tigers manager AJ Hinch has been asked about Tarik Skubal’s future with the team on a consistent basis as trade rumors continue to swirl. Everyone wants to know if the Tigers are going to trade Skubal. At the moment, the Tigers’ plans are uncertain as they are a fringe contender. Hinch was asked if Skubal was staying during a recent interview, via New York Post Sports.
“I am shocked that’s a topic, I mean, I’m shocked you would ask that,” Hinch said sarcastically. “I only get asked that in every city that we go to, you know, by some of the writers and I say the same thing, ‘I don’t know.’ You know, I think part of the conversation around the deadline is you go to the records and you see where everybody is… Everybody thinks they have access to your best players. And then the reality sets in of like, you win a series, then you sweep a series, then you win another series and you look up and you feel like you’re in it.
“August 3rd is the deadline. Everybody knows it, it’s circled on the calendar.”
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For Hinch and the Tigers, the goal is to stay focused on what they can control, which is going out every day and playing quality baseball. If they want to silence the rumors and limit the questions, then winning games and becoming a legitimate contender is a necessity. They can only get there by playing winning baseball on a consistent basis.
“It’s just a long time between now and then, we got a lot of baseball to play,” Hinch continued. “We put ourselves in this situation where we have to talk about it because of the record and how poorly May went. But I keep preaching, ‘Control what you control’ to our guys and ‘Play the games.’ We will see where it leads us.”
Detroit is currently 47-53. The Tigers are in fourth place and 6.5 games back in the American League Central while they are 4.5 games back of an AL Wild Card spot.
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