Dodgers acquire Tarik Skubal in trade with Tigers: Baseball world reacts
The MLB trade deadline is drawing closer and the Los Angeles Dodgers made the biggest splash on Saturday night. Here's how the baseball world reacted.
The Los Angeles Dodgers made waves in the baseball world on August 1 by acquiring pitcher Tarik Skubal from the Detroit Tigers. The long-discussed trade occurred during the MLB trade deadline and marked the Dodgers as front-runners to secure the pitcher. The Los Angeles team traded outfielder Zyhir Hope, along with right-handed pitchers River Ryan and Brady Smith to the Tigers in return for Skubal, though the final details of the trade were not yet confirmed.
The MLB world reacted with excitement to the news of the Dodgers acquiring Skubal, noting that the pitcher will join a pitching rotation featuring Shohei Ohtani, Yoshinobu Yamamoto, Blake Snell, and Tyler Glasnow. Yamamoto, a member of the Dodgers' pitching staff, expressed his surprise at the trade, which will lead to a $430 million luxury tax payroll for the 2026 season, resulting in an estimated $180 million tax bill at the conclusion of the season.
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