For example, Detroit Tigers left-hander Tarik Skubal is in the middle of a Kershaw-like run of dominance, having won the 2024 Cy Young and carrying his team to within a game of the American League Championship Series last year. But Skubal is already 28 and has 786 strikeouts.

Former Tiger Max Scherzer is one of three active pitchers — joined by Kershaw and Justin Verlander — to enter the 3K club and he finished his age 28 season with 1,069 strikeouts. It’s quite a long way to go for Skubal, but hopefully that means his storied career is only just getting started.

For the first time in nearly a decade, the Detroit Tigers made an appearance on ESPN's Sunday Night Baseball. Predictably, the game turned out to be electric, with Tigers ace Tarik Skubal stealing the show. The game wound up doing extremely well in terms of ratings, peaking at 2.3 million viewers.