'Annual salary skyrocketed 15.3 billion → 47 billion times' Scubal won DET's relative salary adjustment 'The second consecutive Cy Young Award was different'

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It is not easy to find players who win after the narrow salary negotiations. However, if you are a winner of the Cy Young Award, it is a different story. Tarik Skubal (aged 30, Detroit Tigers) eventually laughed during the salary adjustment process against the club.

MLB.COM, the official website of the Major League Baseball (MLB), said on the 6th (Korea time) that "Squival will receive an annual salary of $32 million (about 47 billion won) due to the victory of the salary adjustment."

Skubal, who received an annual salary of $10.5 million (about 15.3 billion won) last year, was in conflict with the club in salary negotiations after the end of the season and eventually went through a salary adjustment process.

Skubal demanded $32 million, but Detroit dropped it to $19 million (about 27.9 billion won), which is half the price. The gap between the two was too wide and eventually reached out to the mediation committee. The three-member coordination committee raised its hand.

As a result, Skubal broke its highest annual salary adjustment ever. In 2024, Juan Soto (New York Mets) exceeded 31 million dollars (about 45.5 billion won) he received against his team, the New York Yankees.

He will receive the highest salary ever as a pitcher who has gone through the salary adjustment process. The figure is well above the $7.75 million (29 billion won) that David Price agreed to avoid the mediation process in 2015 for Detroit.

It is up 200% from $10.5 million last year. Perhaps the gap with Scuval was too wide for the club. The mediation committee, which could not determine the median amount and had to choose between the two, found $32 million more reasonable than $19 million.

The committee ruled in favor of Skubal because it had a good reason. Scuval, who was drafted by Detroit with the 255th overall pick in the ninth round in the 2018 draft, made his big league debut in 2020 and after a steady rise, became a completely different pitcher in 2024.

He won the American League (AL) Cy Young Award with 18 wins, 4 losses, 2.39 strikeouts and 228 strikeouts in 192 innings in 31 games, and improved in detailed figures last year with 195 ⅓ innings, 13-6, ERA 2.21, and 241 strikeouts in 31 games. In the end, he won the Cy Young Award for the second consecutive year.

Skubal, a customer of "super agent" Scott Boras, gave a clear rationale. The salary of all MLB players as well as those subject to past salary adjustments was used as a standard for comparison, with top pitchers such as Philadelphia Phillies' Jack Wheeler ($42 million), Texas Rangers' Jacob deGrom ($38 million), and Yankees' Gerrit Cole ($36 million), and the Mediation Committee judged that Skubal's argument was reasonable.

It was the first time the Detroit club had lost a salary adjustment hearing since outfielder Kareem Garcia and left-hander C.J. Nikkowski in 2000 under general manager Randy Smith. Coincidentally, both of them have played in the KBO league since then.

Skubal will be eligible for FA after the end of this season. Naturally, attention is being paid to how much money he will get next year.

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