Tarik Skubal file: Josh Donaldson calls the Tigers a shitty organization

Everyone agrees that Tarik Skubal is the talk of the town in Michigan.

Not only is his long-term future in doubt, but his contract for the 2026 season (his last with the Tigers) is also the talk of the town.

In any case, the guy seems to be on his way out by the start of the 2027 season.

It's such a hot topic that right now, everyone has an opinion on the subject. The $13 million gap between the player's demands ($32 million) and the club's offer ($19 million) for next season is obviously at the heart of the matter.

The arbitrator who decides this will have a big file on his hands.

Yesterday, Josh Donaldson took to Twitter to talk about the issue. He said that the Tigers were slipping away from him and that they were a shitty organization .

A little behind but just saw the arbitration news on Skubal. I mean the Detroit Tigers fumble this big time. Skubal wants 32 million Detroit offers 19 million. Trash organization.

– Josh Donaldson (@BringerOfRain20) January 10, 2026

Donaldson, who has played for small and big markets in his career, never played in Detroit and was not represented by Scott Boras. So he has no apparent direct link to the star pitcher.

But the man who brought the rain to Toronto has never been good at keeping his opinions to himself. So I'm not at all surprised to see him sticking his nose into the matter.

That's totally his style.

But you can't say he's wrong: the Tigers, if they wanted to, could pay their star pitcher to keep him for the long term. They choose not to, and that's going to set the organization back several years in the long run.

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