Mariners News: Tarik Skubal, Emmanuel Clase, and The WBC

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The MLBPA notches a tremendous W in the Tarik Skubal arbitration case while the World Baseball Classic announces the complete team rosters for this year’s tournament. | Junfu Han / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images

Hello all, and happy Friday! For those of you who enjoy the Olympics, happy Opening Ceremony day! We’re always fortunate during these Winter Olympics/World Baseball Classic years to have some sporting excitement to carry us to Opening Day.

In the meantime, let’s dig into the happenings from the world of baseball specifically.

In Mariners news…​

• The Mariners’ trade for Brendan Donovan will join a list of M’s deals made under strange circumstances — Justin Hollander and Jerry Dipoto finalized the move while visiting the Washington state capitol on behalf of the organization.

Around the league…​

• In a monumental win for the MLB Players’ Association, left-hander Tarik Skubal was victorious in his historic arbitration case against the Tigers, earning a $32M salary for the 2026 season.
• Michael Baumann at Fangraphs dove into the immediate impact of the ruling for the Tigers and the league as a whole.
• The 2026 World Baseball Classic rosters were announced in full, with 306 MLB-employed players (78 of them MLB All-Stars) participating.
• Guardians closer Emmanuel Clase is being formally accused of rigging pitches in 48 games over the last two seasons.
• The Pirates have agreed to a one-year, $1.5M contract with former Astros right-hander José Urquidy.
• The MLBPA agreed to a deal with a tech company that will allow them to turn players’ likenesses into AI characters that can interact with fans.
• Former big league infielder Jonathan Schoop was among nine people detained at his home in Curaçao during a police search for illegal firearms.
• Jeff Passan and Buster Olney at ESPN outlined the biggest lessons they learned from this offseason.
• Bryan Joiner at Over the Monster took the Red Sox to task for seemingly breaking the law with their use of junk ticketing fees.

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