The MLB All-Star Game is designed to spotlight the biggest names in baseball, and Pittsburgh righty Paul Skenes and Detroit lefty Tarik Skubal fit the bill.

The starting pitchers in Tuesday's All-Star Game found different paths to becoming old-school aces for the Tigers and Pirates.

Ace Tarik Skubal gave up four runs in five innings as Detroit lost its series opener, 12-3, to the Seattle Mariners on Friday.

DETROIT — Tarik Skubal felt like he gave up a lot more than four runs. The reigning American League Cy Young winner and Detroit Tigers ace delivered a shaky outing against the Seattle Mariners Friday night, something that he’s rarely done this season.

When Tarik Skubal takes the mound to start the All-Star Game for the American League, Casey Mize will be right there with him, not just as a teammate but as a friend who knows exactly what it took to get there.

How do you top a pitching Triple Crown season and a unanimous vote for the American League Cy Young Award? An All-Star Game start would be one way for Tarik Skubal. But he has already found a way to one-up himself with a finishing kick.

And according to MLB analyst Jayson Stark, he believes that Skubal could very much be on his way to adding Cy Young Award number two in his trophy case, listing Skubal as the AL recipient in his midseason awards.