The Dodgers’ quest for the first threepeat in Major League Baseball in a quarter-century saw them shop in the high end during the free agent market. Now they’ve acquired the best player available at the trade deadline, getting two-time Cy Young Award winner Tarik Skubal, per multiple reports.
Heading to Detroit are pitcher River Ryan, on the 40-man roster but currently on the injured list in Triple-A, plus top-100 prospect Zyhir Hope and High-A pitcher Brady Smith, per Jeff Passan at ESPN.
Hope was
scratched late from Double-A Tulsa’s lineup on Saturday night, after completing the best month of his career with 10 home runs in July.
Skubal this season has a 2.79 ERA and 2.98 xERA in 16 starts, with 116 strikeouts against only 14 walks in 96 2/3 innings. He missed six weeks after arthroscopic surgery on his left elbow, and just had a 2.03 ERA with 41 strikeouts against six walks in five July starts.
Skubal last pitched on Wednesday for the Tigers, putting him in line to start at some point during the Dodgers’ series against the Cubs at Wrigley Field, which runs from Monday to Wednesday.
