The Detroit Tigers had their worst nightmare come true on Monday with the news that Tarik Skubal is going to need surgery for loose bodies in his elbow and will be out for an undisclosed period. Losing Skubal for any amount of time -- let alone the multiple months he is facing in a best-case outcome here -- was always the top way fans speculated the season could go off the rails. Now, the next month or so is going to tell a whole lot as to just how deep of trouble this team is in. Even if the season winds up being a completely lost one in Detroit's final year of team control with the repeat American League Cy Young winner though, there is one possible hidden silver lining for the Tigers here. Should Skubal prove to miss the rest of the season and nobody has evidence as to how he will recover, it could make it much more realistic for Detroit to be able to keep him in free agency on a mutually beneficial deal for both the team and the ace.…