Dodgers reportedly have this ace at the top of their Deadline wish list.
Although it remains unclear if the Tigers are open to trading ace pitcher Tarik Skubal at this year’s Deadline, a pair of World Series contenders are reportedly eyeing the left-hander as the answer to their starting pitching woes.
Another source familiar with Tigers president of baseball operations Scott Harris’ thinking told Verducci that it is doubtful the Tigers will move the 27-year-old southpaw, because Harris believes a Skubal-led pitching staff is key to the team’s rebuild. But the source also added, “Everything has a price.”
“If the Dodgers or Orioles are serious about Skubal, their proposals need to be in that range,” Morosi said. “The Orioles are more capable than the Dodgers of putting together an overwhelming offer because Baltimore has a surplus of the MLB-ready bats that the Tigers need.”
The two clubs have dealt with a myriad of injuries that have decimated their rotations this season. Tyler Glasnow, Yoshinobu Yamamoto, Clayton Kershaw, Walker Buehler, Emmet Sheehan, Dustin May and Tony Gonsolin are all currently on the injured list for the Dodgers. The latter three will miss the rest of 2024. The Orioles, meanwhile, have lost Kyle Bradish, John Means and Tyler Wells for the year.
The American League Cy Young Award frontrunner, Skubal has two years of team control remaining after 2024, the same as White Sox lefty Garrett Crochet, another top trade candidate to whom the Dodgers and Orioles have been linked.
