Reigning Cy Young winner Tarik Skubal will make his second career Opening Day start, facing off against the Dodgers.

Detroit Tigers left-hander Tarik Skubal will get the nod on Opening Day on March 27 against the World Series-champion Los Angeles Dodgers. "I'm looking forward to the challenge. You don't know how many Opening Days you're going to start in your career and I'm honored to be able to start two of

Hinch had Dillon Dingler catching Skubal for the first time in game competition. Jake Rogers will continue to be his primary catcher, but Hinch wanted Dingler and Skubal to get some work together in spring in case there’s an injury or some strategic necessity during the season.

Coming off his American League Cy Young Award season, Tigers ace Tarik Skubal delivered two scoreless innings in his first spring start, a 4-0 Detroit loss to the visiting Minnesota Twins in Lakeland,

Tarik Skubal threw only 19 pitches in his first spring start on Wednesday, but one of them stood out. In the first inning, Minnesota Twins catcher Jair Camargo called timeout and stepped out of the box as Skubal was in the wind-up to throw a 1-2 pitch.

Two innings into spring training and Tarik Skubal is already looking like he might be better than when he won the AL Cy Young Award unanimously for the Detroit Tigers.