Skubal secured himself a record payday — and in the process sent another warning to the sport's cheapest owners.

Detroit Tigers ace Tarik Skubal won his arbitration case Thursday, and will make $32 million in 2026 rather than the $19 million the Tigers proposed, per ESPN's Jeff Passan.

The $13 million difference in the salaries filed by Skubal and the Tigers at the Jan. 8 deadline to exchange figures marked the largest gap in the history of MLB's arbitration system, which began in 1...