There has been no pitcher in baseball better than Detroit Tigers ace Tarik Reds games with FanDuel Sports Network Photo by Rob LeiterMLB Photos via Getty ImagesNever miss a Reds game with blackout-free streaming with FanDuel Sports NetworkPlus watch hundreds of live, local NBA and NHL games all season long, as well as select WNBA games, PWHL games Santiago Espinal Jersey, and your favorite local teams to get the games and coverage that matter most to Sports Network: Pick your plan. Stream your teamsThat's an open-ended statement, and that's by design. If I'm talking about 2025, well, the answer is Tarik Skubal. He leads all MLB pitchers with 3.4 fWAR so far this season, a full half-win over Paul Skenes in second place. That's fueled by a ridiculous 15.00 KBB and 1.86 xFIP, numbers that similarly lap the field in those particular I'm talking about 2024-2025, the story's the same - Skubal ranks at the top in all major metrics and, therefore, atop the counting categories. Only Zack Wheeler of the Philadelphia Phillies tops Skubal in total fWAR since the start of the 2023 season, even, showing just how dominant the 2024 AL Cy Young Award winner has been for some time yet another fortuitous turn of events, the Cincinnati Reds head to Detroit this weekend to take on the Tigers, and they're going to miss Skubal's turn in the rotation. It's a story that keeps sneaking its way into these previews this year, as the Reds have so far managed to dodge the likes of Paul Skenes in two separate series against the Pittsburgh Pirates already, 's not to say the rest of the Tigers rotation is chump change. They're nearly 20 games over.500 and the leaders of the solid AL Central for a reason https://www.cincinnatistoreonline.com/191-Reds_Noelvi_Marte_Jersey, after all, and their team packs a balanced offensive attack around Riley Greene and a resurgent Spencer Torkelson, too. The Reds, quite simply, are up against a really good Tigers club in the coming days, something they'll have to overcome to keep their good play leading to wins in the right 's efforts of the last week pushed them over the.500 mark again even after Wednesday's thumping by the Cleveland Guardians in the series finale.