Former Tiger Max Scherzer is one of three active pitchers — joined by Kershaw and Justin Verlander — to enter the 3K club and he finished his age 28 season with 1,069 strikeouts. It’s quite a long way to go for Skubal, but hopefully that means his storied career is only just getting started.

Ace Tarik Skubal allowed just one hit and struck out 13 Minnesota Twins in 7 innings of the Tigers' 3-0 win on Sunday, June 29.

Tarik Skubal limited Minnesota to one hit in seven innings and tied his career high with 13 strikeouts as the host Detroit Tigers blanked the Twins 3-0 on Sunday night. Skubal (10-2), who won all five of his June starts,