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Detroit Sold Skubal and Still Has Seed Chaos

The Tigers dealt Tarik Skubal and Casey Mize, then kept winning just enough to stay inside a Wild Card and even a No. 2-seed thought experiment.

4 sources / Updated August 22, 2026

XX / Evan Woodbery
There's even a crazy scenario in which the Tigers emerge from this weekend with the No. 2 seed in the American League
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01There's even a crazy scenario in which the Tigers emerge from this weekend with the No. 2 seed in the American League
02Casey Mize, Tigers react to Tarik Skubal being traded to Dodgers
03Tigers win 1st game after Trade Deadline behind Troy Melton gem
04MLB Power Rankings after 2026 Trade Deadline

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QuestionCan you beat Chuck: can the Tigers still climb a seed after selling Skubal?

ThesisChuck's call is no on the No. 2 seed, yes on the last Wild Card. A.J. Hinch said the season was not over the day Skubal left, and Detroit won its first game after the deadline. The Pythagorean glow is still on the FanGraphs board, but the ace is in Los Angeles. Seed chaos is real. A division coronation is fan fiction.

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