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08/02 00:16 CDT Dodgers land Cy Young ace Tarik Skubal in a blockbuster
deadline deal
Dodgers land Cy Young ace Tarik Skubal in a blockbuster deadline deal
WEST SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) --- The Los Angeles Dodgers have acquired the
biggest prize on the trade deadline market, getting two-time reigning AL Cy
Young Award winner Tarik Skubal from the Detroit Tigers.
The two-time defending World Series champions added another big piece to
their-star high-priced roster that already big-name players like Shohei Ohtani,
Yoshinobu Yamamoto and Mookie Betts.
The Dodgers are in first place in the NL West and were already the favorites to
become the first team to three-peat since the New York Yankees from 1998-2000
before adding Skubal.
ESPN first reported the deal and said the Tigers would receive three minor
league prospects in right-handers River Ryan and Brady Smith and outfielder
Zyhir Hope.
The deal was agreed to during the Tigers win over the A's on Saturday night
that moved them within 2 1/2 games of the final wild-card spot in the American
League. But it wasn't enough for them to keep Skubal.
Skubal is eligible for free agency after the World Series. He has a $32 million
salary, a record total in arbitration, after the team offered $19 million, and
is expected to sign a massive contract in the offseason.
The 29-year-old lefty said in July that it was his preference to finish the
season with the Tigers to compete for a World Series championship, which has
eluded the franchise since 1984.
Detroit planned to contend again this season, bolstering the Skubal-led
rotation by giving two-time All-Star pitcher Framber Valdez a $115 million,
three-year contract in free agency and retaining three-time All-Star infielder
Gleyber Torres with a $22 million deal.
The Tigers, though, got off to a rough start and slumped to 16 games under .500
with about 100 games remaining.
They bounced back in June and most of July to get into playoff contention with
Skubal leading a rotation and three All-Stars in the lineup: rookie infielder
Kevin McGonigle, catcher Dillon Dingler and outfielder Riley Greene.
With a chance to possibly persuade management to keep Skubal by improving its
playoff positioning, Detroit lost ground by dropping four of its last five
games at home, including Skubal's last start that was made even more memorable
by a late-inning collapse.
The Tigers led Baltimore 7-0 after six innings Wednesday and lost 10-9 in 12
innings. Skubal started the game, recorded his 1,000th career strikeout and was
cheered at every opportunity by a crowd of 34,406.
Skubal is 7-5 this season with a 2.79 ERA and 116 strikeouts in 96 2/3 innings.
He is 61-42 with a 3.04 ERA over seven seasons, all in Detroit. In two
postseasons, Skubal is 2-1 with a 2.04 ERA in six starts.
Skubal had a minimally invasive surgery on May 6 to remove a loose body from
his pitching elbow and returned to pitch on June 13.
"The way the surgery went is exactly how it was supposed to go," he said in
July.
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