With Tarik Skubal Injured, Back Jacob deGrom for AL Cy Young Award

Six weeks into the MLB season, the landscape of the AL Central changed in an instant on Monday afternoon. 

Detroit Tigers pitcher and back-to-back Cy Young winner Tarik Skubal was scratched from his scheduled start on Monday night against the Boston Red Sox, followed by a report that he would undergo surgery for loose bodies in his left elbow. 

While Skubal is expected back by the end of the season, surgery is expected to keep the lefty ace out several months. Not only does this injury...