**MLB Offseason Predictions 2026**
- Arbitration hearing rooms are notorious for their unpredictability.
- uez's speed and ability to hit left-handed against right-handed pitching could make him an asset off the bench.
- The Martian is talented, but he could land somewhere else very soon.-- Jorge Castillo
With Cody bellinger, Bo Bichette and Kyle Tucker coming off the board in the last week, MLB free agency has entered the homestretch — but ther will still be some big moves in the weeks to come before spring training begins.
Where will the most intriguing remaining free agents land? Will we see a blockbuster trade? And how will Tarik Skubal‘s arbitration case with the Detroit Tigers play out?
We asked our MLB experts to make one bold prediction for where this offseason will go from here.
The Skubal saga
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Tarik Skubal will win his arbitration case
Arbitration hearing rooms are notorious for their unpredictability. Lawyers who have argued cases have left the room convinced they’d made airtight arguments — and lost. Others were despondent in the aftermath, certain of defeat, and emerged victorious. Which is to say that whatever approach Tarik Skubal’s team takes in trying to convince a three-person panel that he’s worthy of the $32 million he’s seeking rather of the $19 million the Detroit Tigers are offering, the ultimate result is a crapshoot.